Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on
Thursday bade farewell to the outgoing
members of the House of Assembly,
insisting that he had forgiven them for
attempting to remove him from office.
Fayose said this in a statement by his Chief
Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, even as
the Assembly’s tenure will expire on Friday.
Ekiti State had been under siege for the past
three days as thugs said to be loyal to
Fayose blocked all roads leading to the
Assembly complex to prevent the 19 All
Progressives Congress lawmakers from
sitting with the aim of impeaching him.
Fayose lamented how things ended
between him and the lawmakers but
promised that they would not be victimised
after leaving office.
He said, “The last few months have been
traumatic, especially this week. I was not
given room for concentration, but I had left
the battle for God to fight. I told those
planning to impeach me that they will
succeed if they can impeach God.
“I did not bring myself back to power; my
coming back after eight years was divine. I
defeated the APC totally in all the elections,
still they did not want to concede victory
easily until when the Ekiti people rose to
defend that June 21 mandate.
“I will now squarely face the business of
governance.”
He explained that he would not waste time
on revenge, noting that he was not ready to
muscle anyone since God had given him
victory in all of the battles that confronted
him.
The governor, who praised the people of
the state for preventing the lawmakers from
gaining access to the complex, urged them
to meet him at Ijigbo junction on Friday for
a ‘victory walk’ to the complex where he
will inaugurate the next Assembly which
will comprise 26 members of the Peoples
Democratic Party.
“The governor called on the people to
gather at Ijigbo junction tomorrow ( Friday)
from where he would lead them on victory
walk to the state House of Assembly for the
inauguration of the new House of Assembly
members,” the statement added.
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