Babatope gets knocks for backing illegality
Babatope gets knocks for backing illegality
The 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have criticised a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, for calling them charlatans.
They slammed the exTransport and Aviation minister for backing the impeachment of Ondo State Deputy Governor Ali Olanusi and opposing the impeachment proceedings against Governor Ayo Fayose.
The lawmakers’ comments followed Babatope’s interview in a national newspaper yesterday.
They said a senior party leader should not be speaking from both sides of the mouth in his analysis of political events in Ekiti.
In a statement yesterday by Special Adviser (Media) to Speaker Adewale Omirin, Wole Olujobi, the lawmakers advised Babatope to take a break after the defeat his party.
Slamming the PDP leader for calling them charlatans, the lawmakers said it was regrettable that Babatope could succumb to partisan emotions while his country crumbled under the weight of illegal acts of brigands.
The statement said: “A question mark is being put on Babatope’s integrity. As a leader, he supported the impeachment in Ondo but he is now calling Ekiti lawmakers names for questioning Fayose.
“Babatope’s past role in Ekiti is still fresh in our memory, as he was alleged to have participated in the supervision of thugs to unleash mayhem on our members.
“We want to ask Babatope where was his integrity and clarity of thought when he kept quiet when Govenor Ayo Fayose invaded the court and beat up a judge.
“What did he say when Fayose froze the Assembly’s accounts, seized the Speaker’s vehicle, cut electricity supply to his house, locked him out of his house and office and seized his official car?
“ What did Babatope say when Fayose suborned seven PDP members to illegally pass the budget, approve commissioners and special advisers, revoke the Local Government Law, State Transport Management Agency and Social Security Scheme laws without recourse to the Assembly through revocation bills?
“It is quite unfortunate that a supposed progressive elder statesman in the twilight of his political career threw away all he attained as a progressive and is frolicking with wolves.”
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