Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN has condemned in strong terms the removal of Gboyega Aribisogan as the speaker of the Ekiti state House of Assembly.
Aribisogan from Ikole constituency I was elected last week with 15 votes to defeat his challenger Bunmi Adelugba from Emure constituency who scored 10 votes during the election conducted by the clerk of the house to replace the late speaker, Funminiyi Afuye.
However, in a twist of events, some lawmakers regrouped on Monday at the plenary and elected Adelugba as the new speaker following the reported impeachment of Aribisogan for allegedly sabotaging the passage of the 2022 appropriation bill, among other allegations.
While calling on the state council of traditional rulers and other stakeholders in the state to intervene towards finding a lasting solution to the impasse, he stated that leading lawyers from Ekiti state in the country would in a matter of days release a joint statement on the issue.
Babalola said, “Last week, 15 lawmakers elected Gboyega Aribisogan as a speaker and I was sitting in my house here that within few days, some lawmakers met again to remove the man with lawful votes of 15. Is that peaceful and lawful? Before you can have peace anywhere, there must be justice and it is sad that in this country, we don’t obey the laws.
“How can you have this kind of situation when the laws say that you must let the person you are accusing know what he or she was being accused of and be given sufficient time to respond to the alleged infractions? So, let me say that there was no justice for Aribisogan.
