Fayose first vanished from the state capital to avoid being served with the impeachment notice published by Sahara Reporters saying he had not seen the notification.
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Overnight, several parts of Ado-Ekiti were locked down by assistants of the Ekiti governor, who had promised to fight legislators, led by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, from coming to the state capital to start Fayose’s impeachment. The Speaker has pledged to begin and conclude the impeachment of the governor as soon as possible.
Nineteen All Progressives Congress legislators in the state House of Assembly have begun moves for impeachment proceedings against governor Fayose and gave him seven days to respond.
The lawmakers listed eight impeachable offences against the governor. These comprised a supposed invasion of the House of Assembly with thugs and miscreants, instigating an unconstitutional takeover of the House by seven legislators to sit in contravention of Section 96(2) of the 1999 Constitution, and preventing the 19 APC legislators from performing their duties with the use of security agents and armed thugs.
In turn governor Fayose said the lawmakers should first impeach God. He added that the people of Ekiti would defend his mandate against those he described as political usurpers whom the people had denied twice in the last nine months.
Scores of supporters of the Ekiti governor blocked the access roads to the state House of Assembly complex on April 6, Monday, to protest at the impeachment proccedings against Fayose.
Fayose was the PDP flag bearer in the June 2014 governorship poll in Ekiti state. He won the election and was inaugurated on October 16, 2014.
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