Anger as 7 PDP lawmakers endorse Fayose’s nominees

We conducted a valid sitting-PDP caucus
Speaking with reporters shortly after the “sitting”, Ajibola denied that three unidentified persons joined the seven PDP lawmakers, adding that 10 lawmakers sat – a figure he described as greater than needed to form a quorum.
“The quorum is nine and we had 10 members who attended the sitting. That shows that we formed a quorum. We don’t have PDP or APC in the House; we are all members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly.
“We make laws here and we treat issues brought before us in the overall interest of the people.
“The Deputy Speaker is on the field campaigning and Mr. Speaker is in Lagos for a party meeting.
“Section 27 of the Standing Order gives us the power to elect a protem speaker from among ourselves if the speaker and the deputy speaker are not around.
“The law permits us to do so and what transpired today was a normal procedure.”
Sitting, an outright illegality-APC caucus
The 19 APC lawmakers declared the sitting as an illegality, which violates the provisions of the Constitution and the House Standing Order.
Speaking with The Nation on telephone, the Majority Leader, Churchill Adedipe, challenged the PDP lawmakers to identify the three individuals who posed as “honourable members”.
Adedipe maintained that the 26-member parliament comprises 19 APC members and seven PDP members, wondering where the ruling party “recruited three thugs” to sit in the House in a “desperate bid to reach the quorum of nine”.
Adedipe said the House does not hold plenary on Mondays, maintaining that anything done in the hallowed chamber by PDP lawmakers and the three impostors was an exercise in futility.
He likened the “sitting” to what took place during the tenure of the  Third Assembly when some PDP lawmakers who did not form a quorum conducted a “sitting at dawn” to screen and ratify nominees for the State Independent Electoral Commission (S.I.E.C).
Adedipe recalled that the illegality was later nullified by the State High Court, expressing confidence that the latest illegality will not stand the  test of time as his party would challenge it.
The majority leader also revealed that chairmen and members of caretaker committees in the 16 local government areas and 19 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) have filed a suit challenging their dissolution by Fayose, wondering why the PDP-led government couldn’t wait for the determination of the case before constituting new ones.
Adedipe argued that it was in the Standing Order of the House that members should stay action on any issue that is before a court of competent jurisdiction.
The Majority Leader, who represents Irepodun/Ifelodun 1 Constituency, said the action of Fayose and the PDP lawmakers was an attempt to foist a fait accompli on the court of law and a contemptuous breach of the 1999 Constitution.