THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in
Ekiti State has described the arrest warrant issued against former
Governor Kayode Fayemi, who is the current Minister for Solid Minerals
Development, as a joke taken too far. Responding to the development in a
press statement in Ado-Ekiti, APC’s spokesman, Taiwo Olatunbosun,
described the lawmakers as a set of idle certificate forgers who are
being pushed into issuing a bench warrant against Fayemi by Governor
Fayose who has usurped their powers by declaring himself the Speaker of
the House of Assembly. Fayemi Olatunbosun challenged the lawmakers to
move freely on the streets of Ado Ekiti or their constituencies where
they have lost all support.
“Most of them are in hiding in the
Government House because security agents are looking for them to answer
charges on certificate forgery and so it is baffling that suspected
criminals wanted for certificate forgery would be the ones being lined
up by Governor Ayodele Fayose to help him divert attention from alleged
serial crimes by issuing arrest warrant on an innocent man over
trumped-up charges. “We wonder when it becomes the lot of fugitives to
sit in judgement to persecute an innocent, law-abiding citizen and
responsible leader like Fayemi,” he said.
He added: “This is the kind of Assembly
you get when characters such as the present members who are handpicked
by Fayose because they have sordid records that suit his equally dubious
agenda.
“The APC wishes to state clearly that
Dr. Fayemi is too busy and focused in his national assignments to be
distracted by a bunch of loafers. “We warn that any attempt to embarrass
Dr. Fayemi in any form would not be taken lightly by the party,” he
concluded. – Vanguard
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