Fresh crisis is brewing in the Ekiti state House of Assembly following the adjournment of legislative business to October by the majority Peoples Democratic Party PDP members of the House.
The minority All Progressives Congress APC legislators described the long adjournment as illegal and not in the interest of the people of the state who elected them.
The APC Assembly members led by the Minority Leader, Chief Gboyega Aribisogan of Ikole Constituency 1, alleged that the long adjournment was masterminded by Governor Ayo Fayose in a bid to emasculate the legislative arm.
Other APC members of the Ekiti parliament are . Sunday Akinniyi Ikere Constituency 1 and Adeniran Alagbada Ise/Orun Constituency.
Aribisogan, Akinnyi and Alagbada defected from the PDP at different times and joined the APC over internal crisis that rocked their former party.
The twenty-three PDP legislators led by Speaker Kola Oluwawole at a plenary adjourned sitting till October 8 in protest over the governorship election result and alleged harassment of Fayose and PDP members by security agencies.
Leader of Business, Tunji Akinyele, who moved the motion for the adjournment, said this became imperative due to the political harassment of members by security agents.
But Aribisogan said the APC Assembly members are ready for legislative business, calling on the Police and Department of State Services DSS to give the minority lawmakers security anytime they decide to perform their constitutional duties.
Aribisogan said That long adjournment was illegal and even the plenary held was illegal because it was Governor Fayose that directed the Speaker to hold that plenary without notice to all members.
It is unfortunate that we still have this executive recklessness going on in Ekiti State. Maybe the Speaker has forgotten that we now have members of APC in the House because we were neither notified nor consulted.
When asked whether three APC members can form a quorum to perform legislative duties, Aribisigan replied: “On our own, we are not on recess; it is only when you are going for plenary that you need a quorum but we can sit at parliamentary, committee and constituency
meetings.”
Source: Daily Post
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