Following a publication by Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose that he had paid all the outstanding entitlements due for the 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in the state House of Assembly, the APC Lawmakers have described the reports as deceitful.
Speaker of the assembly, Hon Adewale Omirin in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi said “It is shocking that the medium chose not to believe us but overzealously believe in the purported sources that thrive in falsehood, lies and propaganda.
“The publication in one breath said his investigation revealed that the lawmakers had been paid, yet he reported that both Fayose and the lawmakers did not confirm the report as they refused to talk to him.
If this were the case, then who are the sources that confirmed it that the lawmakers had been paid?
“To make matters worse, contrary to the publication’s claim that we did not respond, we told him we said that we have not been paid.
Apart from getting this fact from us, we are surprised that the publication is claiming that he received no information from us.
“In fact, as at Saturday night, the alerts we received from our bank were deficit alerts and so we wonder where the information emanated from.
“Let us even agree without conceding that we were paid our lawful entitlements, what favour does the governor do to us by that after illegally cutting short our tenure by seven months and putting us in harrowing inconveniences in addition to his brazen rape on the Constitution of Nigeria?
“Must payment of our legal entitlements prevent us from defending the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which we swore to protect?
“Where are the indications of payment when embargo is placed on our accounts by the governor? Even those who should know in government are wondering where the reporter got his story because there is never any payment to the lawmakers.
“We know that this is exactly what the governor would be telling the press when he conceded to pay us to forgo resuming our duties, which we rejected.
“In fact, as we speak, the governor still places embargo on our accounts and nobody has been notified that he or she has been paid and so we wonder where they got his information.”