EKITI CJ MANDATED TO SET UP PANEL

The 19 APC members in Ekiti State House of Assembly has directed state Chief Judge Ayodeji Daramola to institute a panel of enquiry to investigate Governor Ayo Fayose.

The lawmakers gave the directive in a statement made available to NAN, in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday after a special session at M‎ary Hills Boys High School, Ado-Ekiti.
The lawmakers said they relied on Section 101 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) which empowers them to sit in a public building within the state capital if conditions existed in the hallowed chamber that endangered their lives.
According to the statement, Majority Leader, Mr Churchill Adedipe, representing Irepodun/Ifelodun, explained that the sitting ought to have taken place in the hallowed chamber on April 7, 2015‎ but members were waylaid by thugs.
“Adedipe explained that the thugs mounted roadblocks and threatened their lives with dangerous weapons, thereby making them to abandon going to the Assembly.”
The statement said Adedipe moved the motion empowering the chief judge to set up the panel.
“His motion was seconded by Deputy Speaker Adetunji Orisalade, representing Ido/Osi constituency.”
The statement added that the seven-man penal to be constituted within seven days of receipt of the letter was to investigate Fayose and Deputy Governor Kolapo Olusola, over allegations of gross misconduct raised in their impeachment notice.
It said the Speaker of the House, Dr Adewale Omirin, presided over the sitting.