Ekiti State branch of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it is laughable for the state governor, Ayo Fayose, who once desecrated the judiciary by leading thugs to beat up judges and tear court records in the Chief Judge’s office to now seek protection from the same institution.
The party stated this in reaction to the ruling of the Federal High Court which rejected Governor Fayose’s request to stop the House of Assembly from forging ahead with the impeachment proceedings against him. It also expressed surprise that the governor could approach a Federal High Court in Abuja for protection over a matter that happened in Ekiti after he lampooned APC for approaching same court in Jos Division while seeking protection from the governor’s harassment and attacks.
The State APC in a statement issued on Thursday by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Olatubosun said the governor was confused on how to handle his cases in court, having desecrated Ekiti State judiciary and instigating the state judiciary workers to refuse resumption of duties.
It maintained that the governor contradicted himself by challenging the legality of his impeachment proceedings when he had earlier claimed that he was not aware of any impeachment move by the lawmakers.
“Fayose didn’t allow Ekiti courts to function and he declared the State Chairman of the APC, Chief Olajide Awe, wanted over a phantom murder charge, Chief Awe obtained an injunction against arrest from a Federal High Court in Jos, which the governor referred to as a ‘black market injunction’. He has now ran to Abuja to get an injunction to restrain the 19 lawmakers from impeaching him but the court in its wisdom has turned this request down,” Olatubosun noted.
While expressing delight at the court ruling, the APC spokesman said the gesture was a warning to the governor and his like that the rule of law had come to stay in Nigeria.
“Bye bye to impunity and flagrant trampling on the nation’s constitution. The governor should get set for his impeachment and we advise him to assemble his legal representatives. The Assembly is prepared to give him a fair hearing in the matter and he should be assured that he has nothing to fear.
“Mr. Fayose must respond to the impeachment notice from the House of Assembly and stop looking for an easy way out,” he added while emphasizing that the emergence of General Buhari as the President-elect marked the end of impunity in the country.
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