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He said the impeachment notice served him is a constitutional matter and not theatrics to play down serious issues of the law raised in the letter to the governor.
He said instead of hiding to evade justice, it is better to live with the reality that the rule of law has come to stay in the country.
Reacting to media reports credited to the self-styled Speaker, Dele Olugbemi and the governor’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, dismissing the impeachment notice as a joke, Omirin said the two men were still acting in ignorance of the supremacy of the constitution.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, Omirin said the Ekiti issue was to rescue democracy from the gridlock of executive lawlessness and impunity.
He said: “It will soon be clear to Fayose and his aides that the matter at hand goes beyond exuberant media skirmishes being deployed to rally support for the governor.
“The world’s attention has shifted to Ekiti State, following the Ekitigate scandal. Several issues have been raised on the place of the constitution in nurturing democracy and as responsible citizens, we must act fast to make democracy work.”
The Speaker said all allegations raised in the impeachment notice are constitutional matters, to which the governor must be ready to produce answers, instead of his belligerent stance.
Advising the governor to respond to the allegations against him, he said running away from the Government House and using his aides to cover his track would not help him in defending his assault and other infractions on the constitution that were established against him in court.
“It is good that his men are talking in the media about the need to uphold the constitution in this matter even though they behave short of upholding the constitution in their conduct.
“Even though the governor trampled on the same constitution when he led thugs to attack judges and tore records in the chief judge’s office, our duty is to follow constitutional path in this impeachment process.
“These men who are flying the governor’s banner will soon see the law in action. This impeachment process is real.
“We must rescue Ekiti State from lawlessness and fraud. The N1.3 billion poultry project fraud case is still in court. There are still cases of unresolved murders.
“We have again seen the resumption of state-sponsored terrorism with thugs attacking and maiming Ekiti people after a break in 2006, when the governor was impeached for fraud and attacks on opponents.
“We thought his impeachment trauma in 2006 would have taught him a lesson, but the governor has proved that he cannot survive in a society where the law works.
“We advise him to come out of hiding and defend himself because we are prepared to give him a fair
hearing.
“That is the reality he must face instead of downplaying serious matter of constitutional consequences.”
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