BY ABIODUN NEJO
All Progressives Congress (APC) members of Ekiti State House of Assembly on Wednesday rejected the long adjournment embarked upon by the legislative body on Tuesday.
The three APC members 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 (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 Ekiti parliament are Hon Sunday Akinniyi (Ikere Constituency 1) and Hon 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 23 PDP legislators led by the Speaker, Hon Kola Oluwawole had at a plenary on Tuesday adjourned till October 8 in protest against the governorship election result and alleged harassment of Fayose and PDP members by security agencies.
Leader of Business, Hon 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, who said the APC lawmakers are not going on recess and ready for legislative business called on the Police and Department of State Services (DSS) to give the minority lawmakers security anytime they decide to perform their constitutional duties.
He said: “That long adjournment was illegal and even the plenary held on Tuesday 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.
“That is why we have resolved that we are not going on recess. We are
open for our normal legislative business from Mondays to Fridays and we are calling on security agencies so that we can perform our constitutional duties without let or hindrance,” he said.
