Please Stop My Impeachment–Fayose Begs Buhari

Governor Ayodele Fayose has called on President Muhammadu Buhari “to intervene” in the lingering crisis between him and the 19 lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Ekiti State House of Assembly, who are bent on removing him as the state governor.

Tension rose again in the state on Monday when it was alleged that the opposition legislators were planning to invade the state from the hotel base in neighbouring Osun State to impeach Fayose.

This caused the mobilisation of security forces around the Assembly to prevent any breakdown of law and order.

In a broadcast, Fayose also urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Mahmoud, and “well-meaning Nigerians” to look into “this matter.”

The governor said, “They have been dropping the name of President Muhammadu Buhari as giving them the backing to impeach me. How can an Assembly, whose tenure will wind up on Thursday be planning this. I wonder why the issue of the past should be allowed to come to play now.”

He explained that, “As of the date the court gave the order, I mean April 23, Adewale Omirin was not the speaker. It will be wrong for the court order not to be respected. This is illegality and I want to raise this for the public to know.

“Omirin has gone to Court to challenge his impeachment and later withdrew such, which means he accepted he had been impeached and a cost of N100,000 was awarded against him.”

“So, he is not the Speaker. I am calling on well-meaning Nigerians, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Mahmoud and President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in this matter.

“How can somebody be living in another State and be planning to invade his own state; this is something else and I view this as a major crime anyone can commit against his people.”