Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has told his Ekiti State counterpart, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, to face the task of governance and stop dragging his (Oshiomhole’s) name into ‘the political gangsterism’ that had become peculiar with Ekiti State.
The statement is in reaction to comments on Edo State House of Assembly politics credited to Governor Fayose, with reference to the impeachment move against the Speaker, and a letter by human rights activist and lawyer, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, on events in Ekiti State. Go ahead...
In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Peter Okhiria, Oshiomhole said: “We find it laughable and the height of political childishness for the Ekiti State Governor to hide behind his media aides and seek to drag the name of Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State into his crude tactics.
“If the Ekiti Governor is too lazy to read and too politically illiterate to know what is happening in Edo State House of Assembly, we expected his media aides to simply shut their mouths rather than behave like capering neophytes.
“The Ekiti State Governor and his media aides should be informed that there is no crisis in Edo State House of Assembly.
“Fifteen members of the 24-member Assembly are members of All Progressives Congress, APC, while nine are members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
“Of the nine PDP members, three are on suspension, while the seat of one member has been declared vacant. So, effectively, PDP has five members in the Edo State House of Assembly.
“Even a kindergarten knows that 15 is greater than five.
“If five PDP members decide to sit with three suspended members and another whose seat was declared vacant in a chamber, which is undergoing renovation, then we can at best regard that as the height of legislative irresponsibility.
“We are thoroughly ashamed that Ekiti, hitherto known as the fountain of knowledge, is being reduced to a mindless bubble by people running her affairs without direction.”
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