The embattled member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly,
Gboyega Aribisogan, on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Governor
Ayodele Fayose for allegedly usurping the powers of the Speaker,
Kolawole Oluwawole.
The member representing Ikole 1 constituency also asked the
Speaker to resign having allegedly surrendered his authority to the
governor.
Aribisogan told journalists on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti that he made
these demands in his capacity as the Minority Leader, having
defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives
Congress in the 26-member Assembly.
At the briefing was the state Publicity Secretary of the APC,
Taiwo Olatunbosun.
Olatunbosun said the APC would protect Aribisogan as its member,
adding that, “Those who make peaceful and mutual co-existence
impossible will make or attract serious resistance and of course
violence, inevitable. But as progressives, we will continue to
abide by the rules of the game.”
However, a few hours after making the demand, the Ekiti State
House of Assembly sat and passed a resolution suspending
Aribisogan, indefinitely, from the assembly.
He had earlier been suspended for 180 legislative days by the
assembly for alleged anti-party activities.
The lawmakers at the plenary also resolved to bar him within a
1km-radius of the Ekiti State House of Assembly Complex till
further notice.
The Chairman, Committee on Information, Dr. Samuel Omotoso, who
disclosed this at a press briefing accused Aribisogan of invading
the Assembly with thugs on June 8.
The embattled member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly,
Gboyega Aribisogan, on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Governor
Ayodele Fayose for allegedly usurping the powers of the Speaker,
Kolawole Oluwawole.
The member representing Ikole 1 constituency also asked the
Speaker to resign having allegedly surrendered his authority to the
governor.
Aribisogan told journalists on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti that he made
these demands in his capacity as the Minority Leader, having
defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives
Congress in the 26-member Assembly.
At the briefing was the state Publicity Secretary of the APC,
Taiwo Olatunbosun.
Olatunbosun said the APC would protect Aribisogan as its member,
adding that, “Those who make peaceful and mutual co-existence
impossible will make or attract serious resistance and of course
violence, inevitable. But as progressives, we will continue to
abide by the rules of the game.”
However, a few hours after making the demand, the Ekiti State
House of Assembly sat and passed a resolution suspending
Aribisogan, indefinitely, from the assembly.
He had earlier been suspended for 180 legislative days by the
assembly for alleged anti-party activities.
The lawmakers at the plenary also resolved to bar him within a
1km-radius of the Ekiti State House of Assembly Complex till
further notice.
The Chairman, Committee on Information, Dr. Samuel Omotoso, who
disclosed this at a press briefing accused Aribisogan of invading
the Assembly with thugs on June 8.