‎Violence Can't Save You, APC Lawmakers Tell Fayose

BEVERLY HILLS, April 06, (THEWILL) – The 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly have advised Governor Ayodele Fayose to stop stoking violence in the state over his impeachment notice.

They said instigating crisis is not the way to go in defending the removal notice served him by the Assembly.

Reacting to violent attacks on residents and passersby in the premises of the House of Assembly by suspected Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) thugs on Monday, the lawmakers said resorting to violence against Ekiti people was compounding his problems.

In a statement issued on Monday by Wole Olujobi, the Special Adviser on Media to Speaker, ‎Adewale Omirin, the lawmakers said violence would not solve the burden of constitutional breaches that the governor had placed on himself.

They frowned at the invasion of the Assembly by suspected PDP thugs, wondering why a governor that had questions to answer on legal matters would get himself involved in other illegal matters such as the invasion of the Assembly by thugs to cause public disorder.

The statement said: “It is shocking that the governor would start any act of illegality bordering on public disorder when he is having a load of illegal acts on his head upon which he is facing removal from office.

“‎Ekiti people were shocked when news spread that the governor had asked his thugs to invade the Assembly and occupy the place to prevent the lawmakers from performing their legal duties.”

“These PDP members were holding their meeting in their secretariat when instruction reached them that they must relocate to the Assembly premises where thugs were beating passersby and molesting motorists and residents. All these illegal acts ‎cannot save the governor.

“This is the way he invaded the court with thugs to beat up the judges. They tore court records in the Chief Judge's office and beat up his secretary. Now is the turn of the House of Assembly. What the governor is doing is a confirmation that he does not believe and cannot tolerate democratic practice. But democracy is what Ekiti people want and so we expect people of conscience and good will to support efforts to allow Ekiti people enjoy democratic governance,” the statement said.

It advised the governor to defend the allegations against him in the impeachment notice instead of resorting to self-help that offers nothing but unnecessary venting of anger on the peaceful people of Ekiti State.