Tension In Ekiti As Fayose 'Mobilises' Okada Riders, Drivers Against Lawmakers

Tension is building up in Ekiti State as Governor Ayo Fayose asked the people to defend the mandate they gave to him following the impeachment process initiated by the All Progressives Congress lawmakers in the state assembly.

Already three groups, the Okada Riders Association, Road Transport Workers Association of Nigeria and National Union of Road Transport Workers have put their members on notice to look out for the APC lawmakers apparently to forestall their impeachment.
The 19 APC lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of Assembly had two weeks ago served a notice of impeachment on Mr. Fayose, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, who was sworn into office last October.

PDP will win all 26 Ekiti Assembly seats - Fayose boasts

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described his administration as a government by the people, saying, ”Ekiti people, who are the owners of my mandate, will defend it against political usurpers whom they have rejected twice in the last nine months.”

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor also urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, to maintain his stand on not allowing the judiciary to be used to overturn the outcome of elections.

Gov. Fayose tells Ekiti APC lawmakers to stop acting like jesters, dismisses impeachment plot

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose responds to impeachment threat from APC members in the State House of Assembly. His statement below:

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has advised All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the State House of Assembly to stop acting like jesters, saying; "The script being acted by the APC is a failed one because no one, no matter how highly placed will be allowed to test the will of Ekiti people."

Ekiti State Assembly Commences Plot To Impeach Governor Fayose

At least 18 members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have agreed to commence investigations into allegations of grave misconduct against Governor Ayodele Fayose.

Reporters has obtained documents accusing Mr. Fayose of various acts of gross misconduct, a first step to his possible impeachment by the lawmakers.

Father of seven beheaded by 25-year-old man

The Criminal Investigation Department, CID, of the Ekiti State Police Command has nabbed one Wale Ede, 25, for allegedly beheading one 50-year-old Joshua Olaseinde Fagbola.

Fagbola, on the fateful day was beheaded at about 8pm in an incident which occurred at Iro quarters, Iyin-Ekiti in Irepodun/ Ifelodun local government area of the state. The deceased is a father of seven and a patrol assistant with the Directorate of Road Traffic Service, in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Tinubu and Fayemi bribe 15 Ekiti APC lawmakers N800m to impeach Fayose

The Ekiti Democratic Coalition (EDC), which made the allegation in a release issued today and signed by its Coordinator, Comrade Aderemi Olaleye, disclosed that lawmakers met with the party leader, Bola Tinubu and former Governor Kayode Fayemi in Lagos yesterday, where the directive was given.

EDC alleged that each of the lawmakers got N50m while the Speaker, Adewale Omirin was given N100m.

INEC Declares PDP Candidate Ayo Fayose Winner Of Ekiti Elections

Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been elected Governor of Ekiti state.

 The Returning Officer for the 2014 governorship elections and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, Professor Isaac Azuzu announced the results of the governorship elections in Ekiti State declaring the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Ayodele Fayose, who was governor of Ekiti State from 29 May 2003 to 16 October 2006, winner of the contest.

Commissioner in Ekitit State Arrested For Beating NYSC member

                                    

 Police in Ekiti State has arrested the state’s Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr. Kayode Olaosebikan, for questioning over the beating up of a National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, member at a registration unit in Otun Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of the state.

Really? I’m richer as a farmer than a politician says Ekiti State deputy governor

                                 
Honest politician?

Via PUNCH:

Chief Paul Alabi was the deputy governor of Ekiti State during the regime of former Governor Niyi Adebayo. He shares his life experiences in this interview.

You seem to love farming so much; does it have to do with your upbringing?

Yes. I started farming at a very young age. At about five years or so, people used to come and hire me from my mother to work in their farms. That was even before I started going to school. My father wanted me to go to school but my mother wanted me to be a farmer. He was a trader and was always travelling, so my mother was in charge. She would hire me out to people and I started taking interest in farming. I had my own farm when I was about six years old in 1950 at the back of our house where I planted corn and other things.