Nothing can stop us from impeaching Fayose~ APC lawmakers

The embattled Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin, said the governor could not
run away from the process because the impeachment notice served on
Fayose was a constitutional matter and contained serious issues of the
law.
He said instead of staying in hiding to evade justice, "it is better
to live with the reality that the rule of law has come to stay in the
country."
He said this while reacting to media reports credited to the factional
Speaker, Dele Olugbemi, and the governor's media aide, Lere Olayinka,
dismissing the impeachment notice as a joke.
Omirin in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi,
said the move was to rescue democracy from the grip of executive
lawlessness and impunity into which the state had been driven by the
governor.
He said, "It will soon dawn on Fayose and his aides that the matter at
hand goes beyond exuberant media skirmishes that are being deployed to
rally support for the governor.
"Attention of the world has shifted to Ekiti State following the
leaked tape detailing electoral fraud perpetrated to give Fayose
victory. After that, several issues in Ekiti State are being
questioned on the place of the constitution in nurturing democracy in
the country, and as responsible citizens, we must act right to make
democracy work."
Omirin said all allegations raised in the impeachment notice were
constitutional matters, to which the governor must be ready to produce
answers instead of "belligerent attitude" in the media in addressing
serious issue of constitutional significance.
Advising the governor to respond to the allegations against him, he
said running away from the Government House and using his aides to
cover his track would not help him in defending his assault on the
nation's constitution and other infractions against the constitution
that were already established against him in courts.
"It is good that his men are talking in the media about the need to
uphold the constitution in this matter even though they behave short
of upholding the constitution in their conduct.
"Even though the governor trampled on the same constitution when he
led thugs to attack judges in court and tore court records in the
Chief Judge's office, our duty is to follow constitutional path in
this impeachment process.
"These men that are flying the governor's banner will soon see the law
in action. This impeachment process is real. We must rescue Ekiti
State from lawlessness and fraud. The N1.3bn poultry project fraud
case is still in court. There are still cases of unresolved murders.
"We have again seen the resumption of state-sponsored terrorism with
thugs attacking and maiming Ekiti people after a break in 2006 when
the governor was impeached for fraud and attacks on opponents.
"We thought his impeachment trauma in 2006 would have taught him a
lesson, but the governor has proved that he cannot survive in a
society where the law works. We advise him to come out of hiding and
defend himself because we are prepared to give him a fair hearing.
That is the reality he must face instead of downplaying serious matter
of constitutional consequences," the Speaker added.
Speaking on the impeachment notice on Sunday, Fayose in a statement by
his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere
Olayinka, described his governorship as a mandate freely and
wholeheartedly given by Ekiti people.
The people who are the owners of my mandate will defend it against
political usurpers, whom they had rejected twice in the last nine
months," he said.
points in the state.
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