Ekiti lawmakers may have perfected moves to impeach their Speaker, Hon. Adewale Omirin, to balance the political equations in view of the new incoming government.
The new, it was learnt at the weekend, will also rejig the zoning power structure in the State ahead of the resumption of the Governor-elect, Ayo Fayose.
Sources told our correspondent that the other principal officers, especially the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Taiwo Orisalade; Majority leader, Hon Churchill Adedipe and Chief Whip, Hon Ade Ajayi, might also be affected by the plot.
It was gathered that the impeachment might take place anytime this week.
Lawmakers belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC), which has 25 of the 26-member Assembly, are said to be disposed to the move.
Findings revealed that the lawmakers from constituencies in Ekiti North Senatorial district comprising Ilejemeje, Moba, Ikole, Ido/Osi and Oye Local Government councils are spearheading the move.
At least fifteen of the lawmakers were said to have visited the Lagos residence of the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to sound him out on the plot.
They reportedly told him the impeachment of Omirin was not negotiable.
The lawmakers, according to findings, have been unhappy over the leadership style of Omirin.
The disaffection, sources said, is responsible for the massive boycott of meetings called by the Speaker in the last three weeks.
Unimpressed, the lawmakers have totally stayed off the Assembly.
A source deep in the plot said: “The move is to ensure a balancing of the political equation when the Governor-elect, Mr Ayodele Fayose assumes office.
“Governor Fayemi is from Ekiti North; his deputy is from Central while Speaker Omirin is from South.
“But Fayose, the incoming governor, is from Central, his deputy, Dr Olusola Eleka from South, which is the same with Omirin. This is why the Speaker must go.”
The source added: “The Speaker may be removed anytime from now except he could play a fast game. Some APC lawmakers are bent on removing him at all cost, not only to balance the political equation but to punish him for the sins he had committed under Governor Fayemi.
“Some of them were of the opinion that Hon Omirin was imposed on them by the Governor. Aside this, they believed he was too loyal and timid to confront Governor Fayemi on various issues which had not been in the overall interest of members, particularly in the area of finance.”
Speaking with newsmen on phone, Ominrin strongly denied the rumour, insisting lawmakers in Ekiti were united and committed to the development of the State.
The Speaker, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, maintained: “The rumour is just the figment of wild imaginations of those peddling it.
“The unity among members is something of pride tomembers and Ekiti people in general.”
Source: The Nation
