Hope of an amicable resolution of the crisis between Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State and the 19 lawmakers on the platform of the All Progressives Congress brightened on Saturday as the governor said he was ready for dialogue with the lawmakers in resolving the crisis.
The lawmakers are presently determined to impeach the governor over allegations bordering on impunity and breach of the constitution.
Fayose spoke at a special prayer session organized for him by the Ansarudeen Mosque, Odo-Ado, Atikankan in Ado-Ekiti to celebrate his recent electoral victory at the Supreme Court.
This was however not without a caveat as the governor clarified that he was not opposed to whatever political solution that could end the imbroglio as long as the warring APC lawmakers also embraced such idea.
He also pleaded and apologized to anyone he might have offended in the performance of his duties as governor of the state to forgive him and forget the past, saying only God is perfect.
Fayose said he was waving the olive branch in the overall interest of Ekiti State people as well as restoration of peace in the state.
He explained that several calls and appeals for amicable solution to the lingering crisis by eminent leaders, religious leaders as well as traditional rulers informed his latest stance.
He regretted that the activities of the 19 APC lawmakers had taken its toll on legitimate businesses of innocent people of the state, with one life lost in the process.
Earlier, the state Missioner of the Ansarudeen Movement, Alhaji Liadi Adebayo, called on both Fayose and the APC lawmakers to bury their hatchets and embrace peace.
Adebayo canvassed for peaceful co-existence of the entire people of Ekiti State, irrespective of their political differences.
The cleric urged residents to live together in harmony as politics was not supposed to be a do or die affair.