The Elders’ Forum in the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives
Congress has declared that there is no escape route for the state
Governor Ayo Fayose in the impeachment process initiated by 19 members
of the state House of Assembly. The body said Fayose has serially
breached the Constitution, desecrated the esteemed office he occupies
and should be ready to face the consequences of his actions.
The
Publicity Secretary of Ekiti APC Elders Forum, Dr. Bayo Orire, who made
the group’s position known on Tuesday, also warned the military and the
police against being used to hinder the lawmakers from carrying out
their constitutional functions.
Condemning the military for
turning back the 19 APC lawmakers from entering Ado-Ekiti, the state
capital on Tuesday, Orire said the party’s elder body was concerned
about an alleged open partisanship of officers and men of the Nigerian
Army on the matter.
He also said the police and the Army should
not be watching helplessly for hoodlums to seize the whole state and
interfere with the constitutional duties of the Assembly members.
Dr.
Orire explained that the lawmakers should not be blamed for signing and
forwarding an impeachment notice against Fayose, saying a responsible
House of Assembly was not expected to look the other way when the chief
executive was overstepping his bounds.
He said Fayose has
violated the oath he swore to defend the Constitution and not do
anything to infringe on the rule of law, urging the people of the state
not to see the action of the lawmakers as an attack on the governor but
to save the state from impunity and sliding into an “irredeemable
dictatorship.”
The APC elders’ spokesman maintained that whatever
constitutional action taken by the 19 lawmakers remain legitimate,
legal and binding since they have met and surpassed the two-third
majority needed to remove an erring governor.
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