Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has responded to the statement his counterpart in Edo, Adams Oshiomole made on Thursday.
Oshiomole had on Thursday in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Peter Okhiria, said Fayose should not drag his name into his political gangsterism over the current crisis rocking the Ekiti State House of Assembly, but Fayose in his response, also in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said Oshiomhole should keep his mouth shut and stop meddling in Ekiti State issues.
The statement reads: Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has told the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole to keep his mouth shut and stop meddling in Ekiti State issues. The governor said Oshiomhole lacked moral rights to comment on happenings in the Ekiti State House of Assembly, having locked up the Edo State House of Assembly for over six months.
A statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka read; “It is unfortunate that we are in a country where people who should naturally bury their heads in shame still speak. “
Aides of a supposed Comrade Governor, who look a hapless widow in the eyes and told her to “go and die” ought to know that they lack moral rights to speak in a saner clime.
“However, because we are in a Nigeria where anything goes, aides of a governor like Adams Oshiomhole, who relocated the sittings of his State House of Assembly to his bedroom in the Edo State Government House can open their oppressive mouths and defend the indefensible.
“Is it proper for a State House of Assembly to sit in the Government House? Should a State House of Assembly complex be put under locks and keys for six months? And can actions taken in the sitting of a House of Assembly held inside the Edo State Government House be said to have stamp of legality?
“Here we are with a supposed progressive Comrade Governor perpetuating illegalities in Edo State with lawmakers of his party, APC sitting exclusively in the Government House where he resides with his wife and children, and instead of his aides to remove the timber in their boss’ eyes, they are getting concerned with the toothpicks in another person eyes.
“The reality is that whether the APC lawmakers are 15 or 5, the lawmakers cannot sit anywhere else apart from the State House of Assembly. Or are they saying that the National Assembly can also relocate to Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos?
“It is our advise that Governor Adams Oshiomhole should solve the problems in the Edo State House of Assembly and stop meddling in the Ekiti State affairs because on June 21, 2014, the people elected their governor in person of Peter Ayodele Fayose, and millions of APC evil machinations cannot stop him from governing Ekiti State for four years.”
Source: Today online