We were offered $1m bribe to impeach Governor Fayose – Ekiti lawmakers reveal
– Members of the Ekiti state House of Assembly have revealed that they were offered $1 million to remove Governor Ayodele Fayose
– According to the lawmakers, some men of the Department of State Service from Abuja are involved in the plot to coerce them into impeaching the governor
– The lawmakers vowed not to collaborate with anyone who wants to truncate the Ekiti state government
Members of the Ekiti state House of Assembly revealed that they were offered $1 million to remove Governor Ayodele Fayose.
Some members of the Ekiti state House of Assembly have raised alarm over an impeachment plot and revealed that they were offered $1 million to remove Governor Ayodele Fayose.
Vanguard reports that the lawmakers vowed not to collaborate with anyone who wants to truncate Fayose’s government.
Briefing journalists on Tuesday, March 8, Gboyega Aribisogan, the chairman of the House Committee on Information, revealed that some men of the Department of State Service (DSS) from Abuja were involved in the sinister plot.
However, Aribisogan stressed that the lawmakers were ready to spend the rest of their tenure in DSS cell instead of joining people who are plotting to political instability in Ekiti state.
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“In the last four days, eight of our members had been visited by some men, who claimed to be officials of the DSS.
“Our members were told that their names were among those to be arrested and they must ‘cooperate’ if they do not want their bank accounts frozen and be kept in DSS detention indefinitely,” Aribisogan said.
The lawmakers noted that the 2006 experience, in which members in Ekiti state House of Assembly were detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and made to sign impeachment of Fayose on the table of the EFCC boss would never be repeated in the state.
Aribisogan also recalled in his speech that last Friday armed men of the DSS invaded the state House of Assembly and abducted four lawmakers.
“We are here to inform the public through your various medium the open involvement of men of the Department of State Service from Abuja in the plot to unseat our state governor, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose.
“Last Friday’s invasion of the state House of Assembly by armed men of the DSS in which four of our members were abducted, has been established to be a prelude to the clandestine plot to coerce members of the House of Assembly to impeach Governor Fayose.
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“As at today, even Hon Afolabi Akanni that we were able to confirm was with the DSS in Abuja is being held incommunicado. No one has been given access to him, not even his lawyers and doctors. We do not have any information as to the whereabouts of the other three.
“We are aware of the plot to arrest no fewer than 18 of our members with a view to forcing them to sign impeachment notice against Governor Fayose.
“The plot is being hatched by the same elements who masterminded the impeachment of Governor Fayose in 2006, which was eventually declared illegal by the Supreme Court and they are boasting of support of the DSS and the presidency.
“In the last four days, eight of our member had been visited by some men, who claimed to be officials of the DSS. Our members were told that their names were among those to be arrested and they must “cooperate” if they do not want their bank accounts frozen and be kept in DSS detention indefinitely.
“They went on to promise that proper arrangement had been made for the impeachment of the governor, with a sum of $1 million already earmarked for sharing among “cooperating” assembly members.
“Also, our members were told that they will be provided with soft-landing in the APC if they cooperate. One of them revealed that they promised to make him the speaker, and eventually the acting governor.
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Addressing the plotters of evil, Aribisogan stressed that the lawmakers would never do anything to jeopardize interests of the governor and Ekiti people.
“Governor Fayose is our benefactor. He is our leader on whose political strength we are members of the State House of Assembly. We can even be called his stooges, we don’t mind.”
“We therefore wish to state unequivocally that we are not interested in any $1 million. We won’t because of any blood money join forces with enemies of our state, who are desirous of destabilizing the state just because they lost power.”
Meanwhile, Governor Fayose, who was reacting to the invasion of Ekiti assembly complex by men of the DSS, stressed that the government and the people of the state would never be intimidated to surrender governance to political desperadoes.
He added that he was not afraid of harassment by any agency of the federal government and he would continue to speak his mind.
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