I Can’t Be Forced To Dump APC--- Speaker to Fayose

 

                  The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, has said intimidation and coercion by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government in the state would not force him to abandon the All Progressives Congress (APC).
                  The Speaker said no level of harassment, financial inducement or persecution would make him betray the people who voted him into office through the APC.

Reacting to closure of his filling station in Ado-Ekiti on the purported orders of Governor Ayodele Fayose, Omirin said he fulfilled all necessary environmental laws in siting the filling station.
In a response, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, said the Speaker was not truthful in his allegations, adding, “the essence of the closure was to ensure sanity within the state capital and Ekiti at large.”
Omirin accused the governor of victimizing perceived political opponents, saying he had “secured all necessary approvals for the project.”
He said, “Honourable Joseph Dele Olugbemi ‎had told me two days after the governor’s inauguration that he (the governor) had made up his mind to close my filling station over refusal to join the PDP. Hon Olugbemi defected to PDP on the day Governor Fayose was inaugurated.
“I had earlier told the governor that in the interest of Ekiti people, the House of Assembly would work with him to deliver dividends of democracy for the good people of the state.
“I called the governor to confirm what the honourable member told me about the plan to close my filling station. The governor denied any of such plan, swearing that he would not pursue any victimization agenda against the opponents.
“But only yesterday the governor ordered the closure of the filling station, citing environmental factor.”