*No, he’s not — EKITI APC

ELECTED House of Representatives members from Ekiti State, yesterday, warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state of the consequences of the party’s relentless war against the state governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, saying the party should stop fighting against God and the people of Ekiti.

The lawmakers-elect, who said it was worrisome that after the failed plot by the APC members of the state House of Assembly to impeach Governor Fayose, the party was still unrelenting in its fight against the governor.

But in a swift reaction, the APC in Ekiti State dismissed the PDP’s remarks, saying the party should stop branding Fayose as God-anointed.

In a statement signed by the six Reps members-elect, Ayo Oladimeji, Segun Adekola, Akin Awodumila, Olamide Oni, Thaddeus Aina and Kehinde Agboola, APC and its leaders in Ekiti State, the lawmakers said it was imperative for peace to reign in the state.

The statement read in part: “Having fought for twelve months (July 2014 – June 2015), trying to get what they lost at the polls through the back door, the most sensible thing for the APC leaders to do now is to allow governance.”

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“Telling lies and engaging in childish criticism, like the one on academic qualifications of new members of the State House of Assembly is a sign that the APC won’t relent in its evil opposition against the people of Ekiti State, and our advice is that they should stop fighting Fayose, because he is God anointed.”

The lawmakers-elect, also stated that “if former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had behaved the way the APC people in Ekiti State are behaving, Nigeria would be in crisis by now.”

While admonishing the House of Assembly members to learn from history, the reps-elect said they should always remember the ladder with which they climbed to the House.

Reacting, the Ekiti State APC said the PDP was shying away from the issues raised by the party.

In a statement by its publicity secretary, Mr Taiwo Olatunbosun, the party argued that “It is surprising that PDP in its reaction did not fault any of our claims on the quality of the membership of the House of Assembly as presently constituted, but went on a puerile, petulant and inane attempt to shift attention from our main argument that Ekiti House of Assembly is having the worst membership composition in history in the hallowed chamber to protect the governor instead of quality membership with courage and education to understand the serious business of law-making for the benefit of all Ekiti people.”

The party, however, said that “instead of faulting us, PDP confirmed the fears we raised when it called on the new members to be loyal to Governor Ayodele Fayose to avoid the 19 APC lawmakers’ experience.”

Besides, it wondered when it has become a norm for the “lawmakers to be loyal to the governor before the executive and legislature can work in harmony.”

Faulting remarks by the Reps-elect, the party said “it is particularly shocking that PDP’s reaction is coming from the House of Representatives members-elect, which seems to compound our fears that Ekiti State will be represented at both state and national levels by clueless individuals who owe allegiance to Fayose and not the people that elected them.”

“We advise that PDP should stop branding Fayose as God-anointed. The whole world knows and understands the process that produced him”, the APC stated.