Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has warned that nobody should link him with the impeachment of the Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, and his deputy, Hon. Adetunji Orisalade, by Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Idowu Adelusi, said: “It is not only ridiculous, but sheer balderdash to link the executive arm of government with what is happening in the legislative arm. There is separation of powers among all tiers of government and Governor Fayose is not a member of the Assembly.
“One does not need to be a Professor of Mathematics to know that one-third of 26 is nine and the rules of the Assembly is that nine members forms a quorum and when that number of lawmakers agree to sit and deliberate on issues, they are covered by the rules of the Assembly.
“For those having any doubt about the identity of the legislators attending the sitting of the Assembly, I believe the best place to find out is from the Assembly. Anybody interested in that can contact the Clerk of the Assembly.
“The clerk, for instance, may not be the best person to be asked to name who the special adviser or assistant to the governor on any particular area is, that is not within his purview.
“The lawmakers have the constitutional rights to decide who leads them at any point in time. All the members are equal, choosing a leader among them is their constitutional duty and nobody can dictate to them who should be their leader at any point in time.
“It is double speak for self styled critics to attempt to drag the governor into an affair that has nothing to do with him. The same critics are pretending to be blind to happenings in some states where the party they have sympathy for, the All Progressives Congress (APC) rules. Edo and Rivers states are typical and what is happening there is better imagined.”