Twenty-three Ekiti House of Assembly members have assured Governor Ayodele Fayose that he will complete his tenure which runs out on October 16.
The lawmakers made this known when they paid a courtesy visit to the governor in the Government House on Friday.
They spoke against alleged impeachment plot against the governor by three members of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
They described as an illegality the siege on the Assembly Complex by security agencies on Wednesday.
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The Speaker, Kolawole Oluwawole had disclosed that the signature of the Clerk of the House was forged to request security protection for the three APC members to reconvene more than a week after the House had gone on recess.
Speaking on behalf of the 23 members, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Hon. Samuel Omotoso, said that the majority in the House were behind the governor.
He also expressed the House’s blessing for the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, to reclaim his “stolen mandate” in the court.
Omotoso said, “We are here on solidarity visit to the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Ayodele Fayose and to show our displeasure to the stealing of the mandate freely given to Prof kolapo Olusola.
“We also want to use this medium to register our displeasure to the illegality being perpetrated by security agencies threatening to make the state ungovernable.
“As you can see, we are 23 members and 21 is present here. Mrs Titi Owolabi is not here because she is bereaved, and one of us travels oversea.
“We are 26 members; three are on the other side. We are united and irrevocably committed to the cause of Fayose.
“We are solidly behind him and our party the PDP. We support the decision of the party to go to court to retrieve the stolen mandate and also to tell the whole world that if 23 members are on the same page, we want to see how they want to use three members to perpetrate illegality in the state.
“The tenure of this governor runs out on October 16 and by the grace of God, he will complete his tenure. We are elected members by our constituents and we will do all the needful to make sure that the interest of our people will be protected.
“We are very loyal to the cause of our Governor. We are solidly behind him and he will triumph over all his enemies.”