23 Oct 2014

Fayose Shuts Down Speaker’s Filling Station

Newly sworn-in Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has shut down the filling station of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly.

The Speaker, Adewale Omirin, who is a member of the opposition All Progressive Congress, is on a month’s recess along with other members of the House.

Fayose’s reason for closing down Omirin’s petrol station in the state capital, along with three others, was on the grounds that the location flouted environmental laws. The closure was done last Tuesday by the state government. Its agents ordered the owners to submit their construction approval documents to the state Ministry of Environment.

The Speaker, however, interprets this as an act of intimidation, given the fact that he belongs to an opposition party.

Reacting to the Speaker’s allegation, the chief press secretary to the Governor, Idowu Adelusi, denied the allegation of intimidation and vendetta.

“The essence of closing down petrol stations is to ensure sanity and safety in the state capital.

“When petrol stations are cited near public institutions or residential areas, everybody knows the danger it can cause if there is fire outbreak which has happened in some towns where lives were lost and property destroyed. Even in Lagos State, you cannot just cite petrol station anyhow,” the statement said.

“Omirin should have nothing to fear, because the Governor has nothing against him. He should behave like good politician and refrain from conniving with his party to do something unholy.
“His party lost the election and another Governor sworn in, so we expect him to cooperate with the government than creating a stumbling blocks. If Omirin has no skeleton in his cupboard, he should have nothing to fear”.

“I had earlier told the governor that in the interest of Ekiti people, the House of Assembly would work with him to deliver dividends of democracy for the good people of Ekiti State,” the statement read.


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