The 19 All Progressives Congress, APC, lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly have advised a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Ebenezer Babatope, to take a rest after the crushing defeat his party suffered from APC in both his state and the federal level, to enable him contribute positively to the growth of democracy in Nigeria.

The 19 Ekiti APC Lawmakers

They told him to take his heart away from the trauma of his new status to avoid a psychological torture inherent in his hate campaign against APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

They also counselled him to be discrete in his utterances on the illegalities by Governor Ayodele Fayose lest he be labelled a leader with scant sense of good judgment.

Reacting to Babatope’s Monday interview in a national daily (not Vanguard) where he called them charlatans, the lawmakers, in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media to Speaker Adewale Omirin, Wole Olujobi, regretted that at the age of 80, Babatope could sit in court of jealousy running down junior fellows and supporting daily re-writing the nation’s Constitution to the chagrin of the world.

Slamming the PDP leader for calling them charlatans, the lawmakers questioned his integrity as a top Nigerian in crisis management, saying it was regrettable that a supposed statesman could succumb to partisan emotions while his country crumbled under the weight of illegal acts of brigands in government.

They also questioned his integrity in supporting the impeachment of Ondo State Deputy Governor, Ali Olanusi, over trumped-up minor charges while warning against the impeachment of Governor Fayose.