In yet another reaction to the impeachment plot against him, the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said that his mandate will be defended by the Ekiti people who he said “freely and wholeheartedly” voted him in.
“Ekiti people who are the owners of my mandate will defend it against political usurpers, whom they had rejected twice in the last nine months,” Mr. Fayose said.
Nineteen lawmakers of the opposition All Progressives Congress had on Friday served Mr. Fayose and his deputy, Kolapo Olusola, an impeachment notice.
The lawmakers gave them seven days to respond to allegations of gross misconduct and abuse of office.
They raised eight impeachable offences against the governor and his deputy, which include; the invasion of the House of Assembly with thugs and miscreants; instigating an unconstitutional takeover of the House by seven legislators to sit in contravention of Section 96 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Prevention of the 19 APC legislative members from performing legislative duties with the use of security agents and armed thugs; and Sponsoring an unlawful impeachment process in the House.
They also accused the governor of spending Ekiti State funds without requisite constitutional approval in contravention of the Constitution; running the Government of Ekiti State without legally constituted Executive Council in contravention of Section 192 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; operating an illegal 2014 Budget and Instigating illegal sitting of the House.
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