…as Fayose opposes Olujimi, Adeyeye’s ambition
*I can’t be intimidated, says Senator
The 2018 governorship ambition of some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has landed two members of the state House of Assembly in trouble as some lawmakers loyal to Governor Ayo Fayose have started investigating them for allegedly hobnobbing with the Senator representing Ekiti South
Senatorial District, Mrs. Biodun Olujimi.
The two lawmakers, Mr. Michael Adedeji, representing Ekiti Southwest constituency II, and Mr. Adeojo Fajana, representing Ekiti East constituency 1, were investigated by a disciplinary committee and found to be allegedly loyal to Olujimi, who is believed to be having a cold war with Fayose over the 2018 governorship poll.
The House also found the lawmakers guilty of alleged conversion of some public utilities like roads and boreholes sunk through the instrumentality of the federal lawmaker to personal use, in an attempt to compromise the legislators , which it said constituted a gross misconduct.
The Assembly at a press conference in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, described as “sacrilege” Senator Olujimi’s alleged claim on the social media that 11 members of the assembly were loyal to her, saying the House was an institution that was too big and independent to be in her pocket .
Briefing newsmen on the matter, the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Hon. Samuel Omotoso, said “erring lawmaker,” Adedeji, had been pardoned by the assembly, having written an apology letter to the Speaker, Hon. Kola Oluwawole, and for showing remorse for his action.
It has been rumoured that Governor Fayose had directed the Senator and a former Minister of State for Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, to drop their ambitions for his preferred candidate.
Omotoso revealed that the other “erring lawmaker”, Fajana, was yet to appear before the panel and promised that his matter would be treated with utmost fairness anytime he appeared.
Claiming that the action taken against the lawmakers were mere were corrective measures to protect the Assembly, Omotoso said there was nothing personal over the assembly’s action.
“After investigation, it was discovered that truly, these honourable members have unholy alliances with Senator Olujimi .The alliance is not even the issue, but what it has brought to the people and the Assembly as an institution.
“We found out that the alliance with the Senator had made these lawmakers to consistently exhibit wrong signs and acted disrespectfully to the office of the speaker, thus bringing his (Speaker’s) office and integrity of the house to disrepute.
“We have seen in the social media how Senator Olujimi claimed that she was in control of this house; this is not so. The PDP organogram in Ekiti is very clear. Governor Fayose is our leader; no other leader, anywhere,” he said.
Omotoso added that the Assembly, as a product of the law, had standing orders with which it regulated itself, and maintained discipline among the lawmakers, saying the house would not overlook any member’s misconduct capable of plunging the Assembly into crisis.
“We are not bothered about Senator Olujimi because these actions are not personal but directed at maintaining decent and honourable conducts among our members”, he said.
