Some members of the All Progressives Congress in the Ekiti House of Assembly have written to Governor Ayodele Fayose over the need to respect the constitution and to ensure their protection.

In a November 18 letter addressed to the governor, their lawyer, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, said the letter became necessary due to the invasion of the Assembly, harassment, intimidation and threats against them for refusing to join the Peoples Democratic Party.

The letter was titled, “Your threat to peace, order and governance leadership in the Ekiti State House of Assembly.”

Abayomi, who refused to name the concerned lawmakers because of the prevailing threats against them, asked the governor to ensure their personal security, political standing in the Assembly.”

“Their concern and ours as their legal counsel arise from government sponsored threat to peace, order, good leadership and good government, particularly in the House of Assembly of Ekiti State.

“This letter is a warning to you and your administration that no one is above the law in Nigeria. Please, take time to do right not only to those who voted to support you but those who voted against you in exercise of their constitutional duty.

“This is what the constitution expects for you to be considered fit for the commission you now hold,” the letter stated.

But Fayose in his reaction to the letter described Abayomi as a “hypocrite not worthy of the attention.”

He said Nigerians should ask Abayomi where he was when a former Ekiti Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, used 12 Action Congress of Nigeria lawmakers to confirm the appointment of Local Government Caretaker Committees in 2010 while the then Speaker, Tunji Odeyemi, and other PDP lawmakers were in Abuja to meet with the president and the Deputy Speaker, Saliu Adeoti, was dead.

Fayose, who reacted through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, advised Abayomi to stop exposing his naked hypocrisy.

He said “Dr Abayomi should first show to the public, the record of his complaints when the APC Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, shut the state House of Assembly and moved the House sitting to the Government House.


Source : http://www.punchng.com/politics/apc-lawmakers-write-fayose-over-constitutional-abuse/

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