The party said the ruling is a testimony that the judiciary is still the last hope of the common man, having sustained the wishes and aspirations of the people of Ekiti State as expressed in the June 21, 2014 governorship election.
Browsing: Governor Ayodele Fayose
Olatubosun said in the statement: “As at the time Mr. Fayose filled his form at INEC and lied he had never been indicted by any panel, no judgment had been delivered to reverse his impeachment until the Supreme Court verdict of today. This implies that it is profitable to lie and cheat as the end will always justify the means
The party approached the Court of Appeal, which also dismissed the petition, but noted the illegality in the deployment of soldiers to rig election in Fayose’s favour and agreed that Fayose was legally removed from office having been indicted in the N1.3 billion poultry project fraud over which he was impeached by the Ekiti State House of Assembly
He said: “We have been told the runaway legislators are coming back to Ekiti State and that impeachment notice has been served. I don’t know whether that is true, but we need to give peace a chance and allow the Obas to come in deliberate on the matter
The lawmakers said instigating crisis is not the way to go in defending the removal notice served him by the Assembly
Governor Fayose, in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, hailed the resilience and commitment of Jonathan and Buhari, calling Buhari a dogged fighter
The former governors – Otunba Niyi Adebayo, Asiwaju Segun Oni and Dr. Kayode Fayemi – in a statement titled: “Security situation in Ekiti State” in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, regretted series of attacks inflicted on their members and properties in recent time in the state
The party’s Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, alleged in a statement that the governor was shocked that the police chief granted the APC permission to hold its rally like the Peoples Democratic Party and the APC are doing in other states
Fayose said: “Buhari’s coup of 1983 destroyed the South West and the old Bendel State (now Edo and Delta) as it put an end to the developmental programmes of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s Unity Party of Nigeria government in the South West States of Lagos, Oyo, Ogun and Ondo, as well as Bendel State
Reacting to Fayose’s diatribe against the judiciary over its ruling that barred President Goodluck Jonathan from deploying the military for election purposes, the APC Publicity Secretary in Ekiti State, Taiwo Olatubosun, said in a statement that the governor’s utterances smacked of contempt of court and brazen attempt to blackmail the judges in the course of performing their legal duties
In the petition by the State Chairman of the APC, Chief Olajide Awe, dated February 13, 2015, the party called their attention to an audio recording by Captain Sagir Koli of the 32 Artillery Brigade based in Akure, Ondo State, which was released to the public capturing the voices of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State; the Commanding Officer of 32 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh; Senator Iyiola Omisore; Police Affairs Minister, Jelili Adesiyan; a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; and others in a meeting where they strategised to rig the June 21, 2014 governorship election in favour of Fayose
The governor, who described the exit as “good riddance to bad rubbish,” added that the party would not miss the former leader’s absence
The Justice Abdu Aboki five-man panel, which sat in Ado-Ekiti for about three hours on Monday, adjourned for judgment after listening to counsel to all the parties in the appeal
Fayose, who made this known during his campaign tour to Ikole in Ekiti State, said it would be wrong on his part if he does not support the re-election of Jonathan
The APC described the cards as their weapon to vote out unpopular government
Apparently referring to workers’ demand for the payment of outstanding salary arrears he inherited from past administration, Fayose said the government needs about N7.8 billion to settle arrears of entitlements due to public servants in the state
The Special Assistant to Fayose on Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, who reacted to the APC’s claim, said the party should rather prevail on its state Chairman, Jide Awe, and the three House of Assembly members that are standing trial for killing innocent Ekiti State sons and daughter to make themselves available for prosecution
The lawmakers said inasmuch as they are ready to resume work at the assembly, they insisted that they would not resume unless the CP and the governor dislodge alleged political thugs loitering at the assembly
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State had in December 2014 given two-month ultimatum to owners of residential buildings without toilets to build one or face prosecution
Olayinka said in a statement on Tuesday that the Fayose administration had been paying workers salary since its emergence in October 2014, adding: “It was the All Progressives Congress government of the immediate past Governor Kayode Fayemi that denied teachers and other workers their August and September salaries