The unions said they were aware of the meeting between the eight APC lawmakers and a former president on Wednesday night and the one they scheduled for Osogbo, Osun State for Thursday (yesterday) as well as the two dates they had picked to invade Ekiti, adding that “all efforts by the APC lawmakers and their sponsors to throw Ekiti State into chaos will be resisted.”
In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday and signed by the Chairman, Road Transport Employers Association, Mr. Samuel Agbede; Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers, Mr. Clement Adekola and Chairman, Pick-Up and Lorry Drivers Association, Atowoju Oluwatosin, the unions noted the involvement of a former governor of the state and Deputy National Chairman of the APC and two APC serving senators in the plot and warned all others backing the lawmakers to be mindful of the fact that Ekiti people were watching them.
“We have voted and elected Peter Ayodele Fayose as our governor and we wish to assure whichever security agents they are enlisting to come and destabilise Ekiti State that we are ready for them.”
Their sponsors should also know that this is 2015, not 2006, we are wiser now,” the unions said.
“We, the commercial drivers see the APC lawmakers as recalcitrant. Rejecting peace efforts by Ekiti elders, traditional rulers and others is to say the least, insulting.”
“As at today, there is a court order that all parties in the impeachment saga should maintain status quo and the suit will come up again on May 21. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), who is also a party to the pending case, had already been served the court order and other processes and as a lawyer himself, we believe the IGP should know the implication of a court order.
“If the National Assembly could obey court orders, how much more a State House of Assembly.
“The other time that the APC lawmakers invaded Ekiti, they killed one of our members; Modupe Olaya and nothing happened. This time, we will not allow such to happen.
“Our advice is that the APC lawmakers should respect the decision of Ekiti people and stop acting like a congregation of spoilers, who won’t mind pulling Ekiti State down just because of their selfish interests,” the unions concluded.
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