lawyer, Chief Afe Babalola, between Ekiti
State Governor, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose,
and the 19 legislators on the platform of
the All Progressives Party (APC) failed
yesterday.
It was shunned by the lawmakers who
alleged that the Governor planned to get
them arrested at the venue.
Fayose won the Governorship election on
the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP). Other legislators from his party, in
the outgoing Assembly, recently claimed
to have impeached the APC Speaker and
purported to have appointed another
Speaker, who is a PDP member, despite
being minority.
At exactly 11am, Chief Babalola was
already seated with other Ekiti elders like
Chief Deji Fasuan, the Secretary of YCE,
Dr kunle Olajide, and the former Minister
of National Planning, Chief Ayo Ogunlade
to receive the parties.
Shortly after, the PDP Speaker, Dele
Olugbemi and his other colleagues
arrived with Governor Fayose who also
came with his entourage to the meeting
which dragged for more than two hours.
Security around the Afe Babalola
University, the venue of the meeting, was
tight as heavily armed policemen and
officials of the Directorate of State
Security (DSS) numbering about 300, led
by the Commissioner of Police Joshua
Ibine, and DSS Duke Fubara were seen
battle-ready to ensure safety as directed
by the Inspector General of Police,
Solomon Arase.
A former President of the Nigeria Bar
Association (NBA), Chief wole Olanipekun,
sent a text to the convener which was
read to journalists. In it, Olanipekun said
that he had to cancel all appointments he
had in a bid to come for the meeting but
could not attend following a message by
the APC lawmakers that the meeting had
been called off.
Olugbemi said he and others had been
invited to Osun State for a meeting where
the plot to remove the Governor was
hatched. He added that the motive for
the crisis was to make sure that Governor
Fayose is removed.
Fayose, who denied any plan to arrest the
APC lawmakers, said that but not for his
experience, he would have been
impeached a long time ago. He pleaded:
“We should allow governance to run.”
Fayose said that the impeachment move
against him had failed because the APC
lawmakers did not have the support of
Chief Babalola this time, saying his first
impeachment was successful because the
eminent lawyer supported it.
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