Ado Ekiti—OKADA riders and members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, yesterday, besieged the Ekiti State House of Assembly to stop the 19 APC lawmakers from impeaching the state governor, Ayo Fayose.
The State House of Assembly remained under lock and key yesterday, even as the 19 All Progressives Congress, APC, lawmakers failed to resume at the House as earlier promised However, most primary and secondary schools both private and public, whose pupils were expected to resume for a new term, could not do so yesterday due to the fear of possible crisis in the state.
But the leadership of commercial motor cycle riders association, otherwise known as okada riders and commercial transport workers made good their promise as they converged in huge numbers at the premises of the House with the motive of preventing the 19 APC lawmakers from impeaching the governor.
They pledged at the weekend to protect Fayose from being impeached, threatening to use the last drop of their blood to protect the mandate freely given to Fayose during the June 21, 2014 governorship election in the state.
Defending their action, Mr Clement Adekola, the state Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, said it was the decision of the union to ensure that the APC lawmakers should not be allowed to cause confusion in the state. His words: ”It is true we all agreed to be here and we have been here since 6 a.m. Our mission here is to prevent the APC lawmakers from causing crisis in our state.
“We all voted for Fayose on June 21, 2014 during the governorship election, and we shall do everything to protect the mandate freely given to the governor, even if it involves sleeping here everyday.”
However, armed regular and mobile policemen were at hand to keep the peace
