The speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, has reacted to the alleged directive by Governor Ayodele Fayose urging the Ministry of Justice to write a memo authorising the commissioner of police, Taiwo Lakanu, to arrest the 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers.
The APC lawmakers sat in a plenary outside the Assembly chamber last Friday in Ado-Ekiti.
Omirin in a statement by media aide, Wole Olujobi, insisted that the APC lawmakers acted within the law to conduct their sitting in a public building in the state capital.
It further reads: “Governor Fayose or the police cannot arrest us for performing our constitutional duty. Section 101 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria makes it explicit that the House can regulate its activities, including conducting its sittings in public buildings in the state capital.
“The Supreme Court had also ruled that the House can conduct its sittings in public places in the state capital if conditions exist that endanger members in the conduct of their sittings.
“Governor Fayose has kept armed thugs permanently in the House of Assembly to attack us. We can’t put ourselves in harm’s way, yet we have a responsibility to our constituents to make laws for good governance.
“This is why we followed the law to sit to consider issues on the ongoing constitutional amendment”, APC said.
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