By Gbenga Ariyibi

ADO EKITI—THE embattled Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Adewale Omirin has said all the 19 All Progressives Congress, APC, lawmakers in the assembly have formally requested the intervention of the National Assembly over the face -off between them and the state governor, Mr Ayo Fayose.

Hon. Omirin

Omirin equally declared the intention of his colleagues to storm the House any moment from now for their legislative business.

The embattled speaker who spoke with newsmen at his Aisegba Ekiti country home yesterday on the crisis in the House, said the APC legislators have no option than to report Fayose to the House of Representatives for illegally stopping them from performing their duties and withholding their salaries and other allowances .

He said it was quite unfortunate that Fayose has no genuine love for Ekiti people for allegedly foisting Hon. Dele Olugbemi, whom he described in unprintable words on the populace as factional speaker.

Contacting Tambuwal

“We have contacted the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal on the need to have an interface with us. They are reconvening next week and we will be there to state our position. I believe something will be done over this illegality.

“Governor Fayose has no power under the law to stop our salaries. We belong to different arms of government and he has no reason to act in this most unlawful way,” Omirin stated.

I never requested for Christmas gift from Fayose

Omirin added that he never requested for Christmas gift from the Governor contrary to what the he told the public in Lagos, saying such allegation is petty and flies in the face of common sense.

He said: “I want the CP, Mr Taiwo Lakanu to publish what I wrote in the undertaking whether I said I was being misled by APC leaders.

‘’I cannot be tele-guided by anybody at 59. My dealings with Fayose since he was sworn in had made me realize that his government was founded on falsehood and blackmail.

“I have tried with my colleagues to reach a truce with him, but each time we made efforts what we used to see was a petition to all security agencies blackmailing us that we were planning to invade the state with thugs and security would be stationed everywhere to stop us.

‘Fayose called me on

New Year day’

“On the New Year day, Fayose called me to extend his new year greetings and he jocularly requested for his Christmas gift and I quickly replied that he should be the one to give me Christmas gift.

“I found it so funny to read on the pages of newspapers that Fayose said I requested for Christmas gifts. How can somebody whose salary has not been paid for months who never requested for it be asking for ordinary bag of rice as Christmas gift? This is petty and I won’t be part of it.”