Outgoing President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has told the embattled Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state to resign now or face the inevitable option of impeachment by the 19 lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Jonathan was said to have told Fayose that the time of impunity in Nigeria is over and that he (Jonathan) is committed to the rule of law. “As you can see, I am already packing my personal belongings out of the Villa, back to my Village, I cannot influence any process, we must allow the law to run its full course, we cannot continue to disrupt due process, that is not good for the country.”
According to a source, Fayose (and the Ondo state Governor, Olusegun MImiko) were deliberately absent at the post election meeting held with Jonathan in Aso Rock because of the dismal performance of the PDP in the South West despite the last-minute huge investment and the promises that the zone will be delivered to the party.
The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have begun moves that may lead to impeachment proceedings against Governor Ayodele Fayose.
The factional Speaker of the Ekiti state House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, had last week,forwarded a notice of gross misconduct to the governor, a copy of the notice was also sent to his deputy, Dr. Olusola Eleka.
But Fayose in his characteristic manner said the APC lawmakers should stop acting like “jesters”, describing the purported impeachment notice as the “joke of the century.”
According to him, the script being acted by the APC is a failed one because no one, no matter how highly placed, will be allowed to test the will of the Ekiti people.
In the letter by the 19 lawmakers titled, “Re: Notice of Allegations of Gross Misconduct,” sent to Fayose, the APC lawmakers listed eight impeachable offences against the governor. These offences bordered on impunity, brigandage, stalking and other constitutional breaches.
These included alleged invasion of the House of Assembly with thugs and miscreants, instigating an unconstitutional takeover of the House by seven legislators to sit in contravention of Section 96(2) of the 1999 Constitution, and prevention of the 19 APC legislators from performing their duties with the use of security agents and armed thugs.
Other allegations listed in the notice are: sponsoring an unlawful impeachment process in the house, spending Ekiti State funds without the requisite constitutional approval in contravention of the constitution and running the government without legally constituted Executive Council in contravention of Section 192(2) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
They also accused the governor of operating an illegal 2014 budget as well as sponsoring and instigating illegal sitting of the House in contravention of Section 96(1) of the Constitution.
It was also learnt that moves by the embattled Governor Fayose, who published some death-wish adverts against the candidacy of the President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, to seek a truce with Buhari has hit brick walls.
Fayose was said to have sent some emissaries through some traditional rulers in Ekiti state to help him appeal to Buhari for forgiveness, saying that his attacks on him were not personal but part of politicking.
The Supreme Court has also reserved ruling till April 14 in the appeal find by the APC in Ekiti state challenging the emergence of Fayose as governor in the June 21, governorship polls, in which the PDP won in all the 16 local governments of the state.
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I knew the ninny governor would be impeached for the third time..it is a new Nigeria
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A welcomed move but a little late… The arrogant bastard should have been disgraced out of office a long time ago. Success agony power has never been in the history of his family else he would have behaved better. What good or blessing can ever befall a man who calls his own mother haggard and wrinkled in public. He is Cursed!!! Little do you wonder why he is looking to GMB for forgiveness. He knows once he gets out of office, he would be killed like a chicken and if he is jailed for misconduct, he will die in prison. Either way, destruction is the on food on this table now and shame is his outfit. A thief, A thug and A bastard is what FAYOSE is.
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He has to go. He can’t manage success. Rascals have taken over governance with impunity
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This is nothing but bogus hope to usurp the Eliti people ‘s wish. wait till after April 11 election and you’ll see who is in control. Even in Lagos, PDP may win the Gubernatorial election there.
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I know that under Buhari and APC impunity shall be the order of the day. Let Nigerians who are rejoicing brace themselves up for the worst. When IBB military junta overthrew him in 1985, students, journalists, market women, civil servants, and the business class, every Nigerian home and abroad trooped out with loud shout in jubilation. This time around it would be even greater!
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U deserved no response because people like are blind to see the wind of change. How on earth can you compare military era to democracy. Right now we all have a say and ifbhe misbehave we can as well remove him as we did to Jonathan unlike a military dictatorship government.
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I knew the ninny governor would be impeached for the third time..it is a new Nigeria
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A welcomed move but a little late… The arrogant bastard should have been disgraced out of office a long time ago. Success agony power has never been in the history of his family else he would have behaved better. What good or blessing can ever befall a man who calls his own mother haggard and wrinkled in public. He is Cursed!!! Little do you wonder why he is looking to GMB for forgiveness. He knows once he gets out of office, he would be killed like a chicken and if he is jailed for misconduct, he will die in prison. Either way, destruction is the on food on this table now and shame is his outfit. A thief, A thug and A bastard is what FAYOSE is.
A welcomed move but a little late… The arrogant bastard should have been disgraced out of office a long time ago. Success agony power has never been in the history of his family else he would have behaved better. What good or blessing can ever befall a man who calls his own mother haggard and wrinkled in public. He is Cursed!!! Little do you wonder why he is looking to GMB for forgiveness. He knows once he gets out of office, he would be killed like a chicken and if he is jailed for misconduct, he will die in prison. Either way, destruction is the on food on this table now and shame is his outfit. A thief, A thug and A bastard is what FAYOSE is.
He has to go. He can’t manage success. Rascals have taken over governance with impunity
This is nothing but bogus hope to usurp the Eliti people ‘s wish. wait till after April 11 election and you’ll see who is in control. Even in Lagos, PDP may win the Gubernatorial election there.
I know that under Buhari and APC impunity shall be the order of the day. Let Nigerians who are rejoicing brace themselves up for the worst. When IBB military junta overthrew him in 1985, students, journalists, market women, civil servants, and the business class, every Nigerian home and abroad trooped out with loud shout in jubilation. This time around it would be even greater!
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U deserved no response because people like are blind to see the wind of change. How on earth can you compare military era to democracy. Right now we all have a say and ifbhe misbehave we can as well remove him as we did to Jonathan unlike a military dictatorship government.
U deserved no response because people like are blind to see the wind of change. How on earth can you compare military era to democracy. Right now we all have a say and ifbhe misbehave we can as well remove him as we did to Jonathan unlike a military dictatorship government.
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