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Former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has warned of an implosion in his state following what he said were disturbing developments emanating from the crisis-wearied state.
Former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, has warned of an implosion in his state following what he said were disturbing developments emanating from the crisis-wearied state.
He said the current administration in the state had resorted to illegalities and endorsement of such acts.
Fayose, who was impeached under controversial circumstances in 2006, particularly cited the recent confirmation of members of the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) by seven of the 26-member legislature even when they did not form a quorum.
"It is a very disturbing development and a moral burden when seven of the 26-member House of Assembly in Ekiti State passed and confirmed the SIEC members at dawn even in the absence of the SIEC members. I cannot look away and ignore the illegalities in Ekiti State," he said in a statement made available to Sunday Sun.
"Nigerians will recall that the (President Umaru) Yar'Adua administration has earned so much respect by not paying lip service to due process and rule of law, which was the hallmark of his predecessor, Chief (Olusegun) Obasanjo, as a result of his illegal and inordinate third term ambition," he added.
Fayose, whose return to the state created uproar about three months ago, maintained that the state government was gradually taking the state back to the Obasanjo era when states legislature removed governors at odd hours and without quorum, with the clear backing of the Presidency.
"It was during his (Obasanjo's) tenure some state assemblies without quorum sat at dawn to remove governors and do undemocratic acts, such as the removal of the Chief Judge of a state unconstitutionally, with particular reference to Ekiti in 2006.
"As much as I agree with the autonomy of a state in a democratic setting, law and order for our co-existence as guaranteed in our Constitution should not be abused or trampled upon by any arm of government. As much as we abhor corruption we should equally detest illegality in our body politic.
"Illegalities remain the grandchild of violence which may culminate into anarchy. This trend in Ekiti if not checked may become a sown discord that ends in an harvest of whirlwind," he warned.