The seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have called on the Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, not to constitute a seven-man panel to investigate Governor Ayo Fayose on alleged gross misconduct.
The nineteen All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers, led by Speaker Adewale Omirin had on Thursday at a special sitting held at Mary Hills Boys High School, Ado-Ekiti passed a resolution directing the Chief Judge to set up the panel.
But the PDP lawmakers led by factional Speaker Dele Olugbemi dissociated themselves from the impeachment plot urging Justice Daramola to discountenance the resolution of the majority lawmakers.
Addressing a news conference in Ado-Ekiti on Friday, Olugbemi accused Omirin of impersonating him saying the latter had ceased to be Speaker when he was ‘impeached’ by seven PDP lawmakers on November 20 last year.
He urged the CJ not to act on the letter written by the majority APC lawmakers describing the letter as “impersonation and usurpation of his power”.
Olugbemi said he and the Clerk of the House, Tola Esan had earlier written the CJ on April 4 to refute a letter from the Office of the Speaker leveling allegations of gross misconduct against Fayose.
He revealed that he had written to the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force and Department of State Services seeking their assistance to arrest Omirin for impersonation and forgery of Speaker’s letterhead.
His words: “Sequel to our previous correspondence to the Chief Judge of Elkiti State Judiciary dated 4th April, 2015, the Clerk and I have again cause to write to the Chief Judge, refuting a letter purportedly written from my office for the CJ to set up an investigative panel in relation to an impeachment Notice, which allegedly emanated from my office.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I wish to categorically state here that the said letter directing the CJ of the Ekiti State judiciary to constitute an investigative panel did not emanate from Ekiti State House of Assembly.
“We never wrote any letter to the CJ directing him to constitute an investigative panel, neither was the House involved in any impeachment proceeding against executive Governor of our dear State.
“In furtherance refutation of the ongoing brigandage, I wish to State that the former Speaker, Hon Adewale Omirin was duly removed as the Speaker on 20th November , 2014 and his removal paved way for my legitimate emergence as the new Speaker of the Assembly.
“In prove of my incumbency and control of the Assembly, I have here with me, the Clerk of the House without whom no legitimate sitting of the House can take place, I also have here the Sergeants-At-Arms and the entire retinue of the staff and the Assembly and the mace of the House.
“I have also sent a copy of the letter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmoud Mohammed , the Director of Department of State Security Service, Mr Sam Tamuno and the Commissioner of Police, so that they can assist with the apprehension of this impostor and his cohorts before they cause breakdown of law and order”.
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