Ekiti Assembly Crisis: Federal Lawmakers Take Case to National Assembly The last may not have been heard about the crisis in the Ekiti State House of Assembly, as two members of House of Representatives from the state have vowed to take appropriate steps to bring up the matter at the National Assembly. The Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Communications, Hon. Oyetunde Ojo and a member representing Ekiti South Federal Constituency II, Hon. Bamidele Faparusi, vowed that the matter would be raised on the floor of the House as a motion anytime the House resumes from recess. Speaking in Ode Ekiti, headquarters of Gbonyin Local Government Area of the State at the weekend, the legislators said the House of Representatives cannot exhibit laxity and ‘siddon look’ attitude when the laws of the land were being trampled upon in view of the regulatory powers it has over the state assemblies. They were reacting to the removal of the speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Adewale Omirin by ‘10’ pro-Fayose lawmakers and the subsequent election of Hon. Dele Olugbemi as the substantive speaker by the same number of legislators. Ojo, who described the lawmakers’ conduct as an act of impunity and lawlessness, said the House of Representatives would take appropriate steps to redress the matter. He added: “Available facts showed that Omirin never planned to impeach the Governor, but only called for due process to be followed in the screening of the commissioner-nominees. This is what democracy is all about. The process cannot allow you to assume a dictatorial status.” The APC lawmaker added that the party was well positioned to defeat the PDP in elections into the state and federal legislatures in 2015, saying the party is galvanising the supports of the grassroots by ensuring that candidates with grassroots’ appeal are picked. He said: “You can see that many of our members had to scale the fence last week to defend democracy, if not, what happened to Omirin in the hands of the PDP in Ekiti would have happened to Hon. Aminu Tambuwal. That is why we have to be more vigilant. “You can see that nobody is contesting primaries with me in my constituency because the people felt I have represented them well. Let politics be based on performance and the people’s wish and not by act of brigandage as being done by PDP. “In the last Governorship election, PDP came as an opposition and won. So the chances of APC are very bright in 2015. We will defeat PDP roundly in all elections because we have done the people proud”, he said. Bamidele in his submission urged Governor Fayose and the PDP lawmakers to bury their heads in shame for allegedly working against democracy that threw them up to assume their coveted positions. “What Fayose and his lackeys in the Assembly did was shameful and never portrayed Ekiti State as the Fountain of Knowledge. We salute Omirin for going to court rather than taking law into his hands. He has been able to show that APC members are not hooligans”, he said.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 06:48:04 +0000
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