Ekiti State Speaker of The House of Assembly Adewale Omirin has Been Impeached

7 PDP members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly sat this morning to impeach him in his absense and replaced him with another member.
According to reports, the police prevented the Speaker and 19 other senators from entering the assembly complex as the impeachment proceedings was going on.

Fire Guts Federal Poly Ado School Of Engineering Building (photos)

Photo credit: Temitope Yakubu

The School of Engineering building of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, housing several offices and a large classroom was ravaged by fire last night November 15th, destroying documents and properties worth millions of Naira. The fire started around 10pm and completely burnt the complex.


It took the combined efforts of men of the Ekiti State Fire Service, the Polytechnic Fire Service, security officials and students to prevent the fire from spreading to other facilities in the school. The cause of the fire is unknown but the school said they plan to investigate.

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Article : We never knew,we were deceived by Akinrulie Opeyemi Joshua

A moment came when they said we have a bright thus,we depended on this statement and we reposed.We waited for the magic astonishment to occur instead working towards it,we fold our arms thinking about an instantaneous miracle that will bring us to spotlight but we were disappointed because we have been deceived. Should we say it was a deceit? The answer is,no,they were just instigating our tarnished hopes may be that will make man to be more rational.


    Mankind was created with a bright future but something went wrong hence,he needed to pay if he wants his future to be brighter,darkness covered the reality of mankind we could not detect good from evil and evil from good. We were left with our thoughts,nobody to put man through despite the difficulties and all what he can do is to rejuvenate himself by self believe.
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   Many have assumed that the maker of mankind is silent. We must not be fallacious,man must give a proper scrutiny before his decision. The maker was disappointed when man succumb to death instead of life,he was reluctant to let man leave but he had to let man know that what he did. He told man frankly that he will pay if he wants a brighter future. But change of things came when mankind started deceiving each up till now the deception still continues. Be dexterous and be clever,don't be deceived because the maker is interested in your life.
  



BY Dvor Opeyemi Akinrulie
  @Hencom Scenario "All what we do can be derived from God"

"We Caused It Not You" by Akinrulie Opeyemi Joshua

The past can't be recollected,the present can still be amended but at times I wonder if there is an authentic expression of the true value of man's essence and existence. Grievances in the hearts of mankind hence,the only way designed is to return to their supreme being.


All hands on desk with a pen and a notebook yet man is asking about which way to go. Life is now a race,succumb or die. Nobody wants to die in penury thus,their survival is within them but it is only those who are willing to sacrifice will sail through. The question is,are they willing to go on that zealous stride?


Hustlers don't sleep,they nap. May be man has slept off when they are to capture some cogent things that will sharpen their lives in achieving what they have aimed for. Do we need to pause and rewind some mistakes man has comitted? What if the mistakes will take mankind to the land of fruition?

The journey is long and tedious,sagacity needs to be permitted if we want good occurrences ,we must not be hijacked by the merriment of the world and forget about our real origin.

Let's be reasonable in all ramifications,why must we be sentimental when the truth will be unveiled one day? We always nod our heads pretending we do not know anything. At this juncture man needs to think and rationalise extensively,the way is opened but the seats are few.


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By Akinrulie Opeyemi @Hencom scenario.

Governor Ayo Fayose and Ekiti Speaker at Logger heads. (See full details here)

The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of freezing the bank accounts of the House of Assembly.
He also expressed worry over alleged "incessant blackmail and intimidation" of the Assembly by the state government over the refusal by the All Progressives Congress members? to dump their party for the Peoples Democratic Party.
This, he said, was going beyond approved standards of modern governance.
But Fayose has described the allegations as "very untrue," saying Omirin was only playing politics.
He also denied asking anybody to either insult or assault the Speaker.
The Speaker, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Wole Olujobi, said the latest allegation that the Assembly demanded N135m for the screening of commissioner nominees "was a propaganda taken too far and went against the grains of decency in a fledgling democracy."
Omirin, who said he would not have reacted if not for the gullible public that would be deceived by the lies by the executive, expressed worry over media reports casting the Assembly as a stumbling block to the Governor?'s bid to constitute his cabinet.
Describing the reports in the media on the nominees as misleading, Omirin explained, "The standard practice is to present the list of the nominees in the plenary while the nominees will follow with the submission of their credentials. They will be screened before confirmation.
"The governor sent three nominees on Monday and the list was read in the plenary that day. Since it is a public document, we read the letter? second day in the plenary. Nobody submitted any credential. We don't know the nominees. They have not submitted their credentials for the appropriate committees to screen them.
"It is surprising that the governor expects the House to confirm the nominees as sent. This is strange in parliamentary conduct." -

Thelightnews reportage.
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Ekiti State Judge Withdraws from case challenging Governor Ayo Fayose's Eligibility

Ekiti State Governor-elect, Ayo Fayose
A judge of the Ekiti State High Court, Justice
Olusegun Ogunyemi, has withdrawn from the
suit challenging the eligibility of the Governor,
Mr. Ayodele Fayose, to contest in the June 21
election, which he won.
It was learnt that the record of proceedings in
the case had been transmitted to the Court of
Appeal, Ado-Ekiti, for hearing of an appeal filed
by Fayose against the judge assumption of
jurisdiction to hear the case.
The PUNCH gathered on Sunday that Justice
Ogunyemi withdrew from the case filed by
members of the Ekiti-11, Mr. Adeniyi Ajakaiye
and Olufemi Ajayi, citing threat to his life.
It was also learnt that the case billed for hearing
today (Monday) would no longer take place as
lawyers handling the case had been informed by
court officials not to come.
The judge's action followed a motion on notice
filed by the defence team of the governor asking
him to disqualify himself from the case. The
motion was served on the plaintiffs counsel on
Thursday.
Our correspondent learnt that the case file had
been returned to the Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji
Daramola.
When contacted, the plaintiffs' lawyer, Mr. Rafiu
Balogun, told our correspondent that the case
would no longer come up for hearing today.
He said, "Court officials have told us not to come
again on Monday because the case will not come
up for hearing. He said a fresh hearing notice
would be served on parties at the appropriate
time."
Balogun said he was not aware if Justice
Ogunyemi had withdrawn from the case.
He, however, confirmed that the motion on
notice seeking the disqualification of the judge
from the case had been served on the plaintiffs.
When contacted, Fayose's Special Assistant on
Legal, Mr. Owoseni Ajayi, declined comments.
One of the lawyers to the governor, however,
confirmed that the case would no longer come
up for hearing today.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti
State has advised Justice Daramola not to accede
to the request by the PDP to reassign the case to
another judge.
The state Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun,
said the Chief Judge would have to be firm.
"He should not allow desperate politicians to
hijack the judiciary because the arm is expected
to dispense justice without fear or favour and a
situation whereby one of the parties is allowed to
dictate who to handle the case will erode the
respect for this arm of government.
"We are not against the CJ reassigning the case
based on his own discretionary power, but doing
so because the PDP is making unsubstantiated
allegations would make the judiciary look as if it
is not independent.
"What we want from the CJ is to be firm, resolute
and be ready to defend the constitution not
minding whose ox is gored. He should just do
what he thinks is fair to all the parties and not to
the PDP," he added.
The PDP in a petition signed by the state
Chairman, Chief Idowu Faleye, and sent to
Justice Daramola, had raised the likelihood of bias
against Justice Ogunyemi.
It asked the CJ to reassign the case another
judge.
Faleye claimed in the petition that authoritative
sources informed his party that Ogunyemi was
being compelled by the plaintiffs, the opposition
party in the state (the APC) and their foreign
sponsors to deliver as earlier promised in an
agreement.
He added that the only way out of the problem
was to allow another judge to assume jurisdiction
over the case, so that all parties to the case
could have confidence in the judicious and
judicial determination of the case.
The PDP state chairman maintained that his
party and the governor had lost confidence in
Justice Ogunyemi's continued handling of the
case.
Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi, had on September
22 assumed jurisdiction and refused an
application to set aside an order abridging the
time for Fayose to file his defence in the case.
Dissatisfied, Fayose in a Notice of Appeal filed at
the State High Court, Ado-Ekiti, through his team
of lawyers led by Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), had
accused the trial judge of denying him fair
hearing.
Fayose also asked the judge to stay further
proceedings in the suit pending determination of
the interlocutory appeal.
The motion on notice was brought pursuant to
Order 39 Rules 1, Order 54 Rule 1 of Ekiti State
(Civil Procedure) Rules 2011 and under the
inherent jurisdiction of the court.

www.punchng.com/news/judge-alleges-threat-to-life-hands-off-fayoses-suit/

EKSU Staff Unions Embark On Strike Over Non-Payment of Salaries

The staff of Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, has gone on
total strike over non-payment of two months salaries and earned
allowances by the management.
The decision to embark on the strike action was arrived at a meeting
attended by members of the four unions led by their chairmen,
Comrade Kolawole Falade (SSANU), Prof Olu Olu (ASUU), Comrade
Tope Akanmu (NASU) and Comrade Jola Awogbemi (NAAT).
Speaking on behalf of the unions, the SSANU chairman, Kolawole
Falade, said that workers in the universities were groaning following
non-payment of their salaries due to the state government's non-
payment of subvention to the university since August and vowed not
to return to work until their outstanding allowances are paid.
According to him, the workers are demanding payment of their
salaries for two months, payment of excess work load since 2011
and responsibility allowance for non-teaching staff since 2008.
The workers are also agitating that the name of the university be
changed back to University of Ado Ekiti which everybody prefers.