By Ayo Kehinde
The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to impeach Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayo Fayose .
Alleging that the the impeachment plot is being arranged in connivance with the Police, the opposition party stated that the move would precipitate crisis in the peaceful state.
According to Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement on Thursday, “the PDP is aware that the plot is a desperate bid by the APC to rush into the Ekiti Government House to remove and tamper with documents and evidence confirming the rigging of the July 14 governorship election, ahead of the sitting of the election tribunal.
“Having realized that there is no way their daylight robbery at the poll can stand in the court, the APC is now employing all desperate means to subvert the course of Justice.
“This explains why a detachment of the Police can be hurriedly deployed to besiege the Ekiti State Assembly Complex last night without a formal request by the Speaker, the Clerk or the Sergeant-at-Arms, who is the chief security officer of the complex.
Reacting to the allegation, the ruling APC dismissed it as unfounded and diversionary.
Speaking to Thisage, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said: “This is another unfounded allegation by the PDP. I mean, nobody has the time to dissipate energy on a governor who lost an election and is on his way out of office”.
The PDP stated that, “any resort to under hand measures to impeach Fayose, without the constitutionally required 2/3 of the members of the House, particularly at this time, when the lawmakers are currently on their annual recess, will surely be resisted by our members.
Accusing the APC of plotting crisis all over the nation and resorting to the use of harassment, intimidation and brute force against the people and democratic institutions, PDP warns that these “dispositions of APC and its Federal Government portend grave danger for our nation. “
“Now that the political and parliamentary establishment of the Ekiti House of Assembly has loudly declared that they do not require the services of the detachment of policemen, PDP charges the APC to immediately withdraw their armed agents from the premises of the House of Assembly.”, Kola added.
