Photo: Deputy Governor, PDP Loyalists Block Ekiti Assembly Entrances To Stop Fayose’s Impeachment

Members of the Peoples 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 Assemby’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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