Members of the People’s Democratic Party in Ekiti State
yesterday blocked the two major roads leading to the state House of Assembly
following rumours that 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers were planning to
hold a sitting to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose.
The party loyalists were led by the Deputy Governor, Kolapo Olusola; a former Speaker, Tunji Odeyemi; the Special Assistant to the
governor on Information, Lanre
Ogunsuyi, and Fayose’s Public Communications and New Media aide, Lere Olayinka.
Although nine Toyota Hilux vans carrying men and officers of
the Police and the Department of State Services manned the main entrances to
the Assembly, the PDP members erected canopies about 200 metres away from the Assembly’s
premises.
Some of them sat quietly under the canopies erected by the
Secretariat Road while others danced to
music supplied in front of the old complex.
A bus was used by the PDP members to prevent movement into
the Assembly premises from the same road.
On Iyin Road, many of the party supporters also ensured that
no one was allowed into the complex.
The APC lawmakers, who had since November 17 stayed away
from the House proceedings, had served Fayose with an impeachment notice. They
cited impunity, brigandage, stalking and other constitutional breaches by
Fayose as reasons for the impeachment notice.
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