The 19 lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have formed a parallel assembly at a remote location.
The APC lawmakers also suspended factional Speaker Dele Olugbemi and the six Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers, who sat to impeach de facto Speaker, Adewale Omirin.
The suspended lawmakers: Abeni Olayinka , Adeyinka Adeloye, Alexander Adeojo, Olowo Ajiboye, Dele Ajibola and Ayo Olajide-Fatunbi of the Peoples Democratic party, were accused of violating Section 96 (1) of the 1999 Constitution.
Olugbemi and the six lawmakers had sat to illegally “impeach” the state House of Assembly Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin, and his deputy, Taiwo Orisalade, on November 20.
During the plenary session held at a secret location in Ado-Ekiti and presided over by Omirin, the APC lawmakers also nullified all legislative actions purportedly carried out by the Olugbemi-led Assembly.
The plenary also concluded that the purported impeachment of Omirin and the election of Olugbemi as House Speaker portrayed the Assembly in bad light, hence the need to suspend the seven lawmakers to save the integrity of the legislative chamber.
The Majority Leader, Churchill Adedipe, who moved the motion, alleged that the seven lawmakers gave false information to the public by accusing the 19 APC legislators of receiving bribes to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose.
The motion to suspend the seven PDP lawmakers was seconded by Omowumi Ogunlola.
The 19 APC lawmakers at their plenary voted in favour of autonomy for local government and the House of Assembly and also granted approval to Section 8 of the Constitution which confers citizenship rights and privileges on Nigerians anywhere they are living in the country, as well as approving autonomy for the offices of Accountant-General and Auditor General of the state as part of constitution amendment.
Adedipe also moved the motion to reconvene the plenary at a public location outside the House of Assembly chambers for security reasons, stating that the action was supported by Section 101 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
The plenary resolved to hold its sittings and conduct its legislative business at the Faculty of Science, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. Adedipe moved a motion referring the seven lawmakers to the Ethics and Privileges Committee for further disciplinary actions. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Bunmi Oriniowo (Ido/Osi 1).
The lawmakers also passed a vote of confidence in Omirin and the leadership of the House.
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