But Fayose’s Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, dismissed the allegations, saying: “Governor Fayose has not ordered the freezing of the accounts of the House of Assembly and neither has he asked anybody to insult or assault the Speaker.
“The Speaker should understand that today Fayose is his governor, and the office is sacred, and he is the symbol of Ekiti people. If he in the name of politics continues to denigrate that office, he is denigrating the Ekiti people”.
Omirin accuses Fayose of blackmailing him and some members of the House over their refusal to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, said one of such blackmail was the latest allegation that the House demanded N135 million for the screening of commissioner-nominees.
The statement reads: “The standard practice is to present the list of the nominees to plenary; the nominees will follow with the submission of their credentials. They will be screened before confirmation.
“The governor sent three names on Monday and the list was read that day. Since it was a public document, we read the letter the second day at plenary.
“Nobody submitted any credential. We don’t know the nominees. They have not submitted their credentials for the appropriate committees to screen them. It is surprising that the governor expects the House to confirm the nominees immediately. This is strange in parliamentary conduct.”
According to Omirin, the governor responded by freezing the bank accounts of the House of Assembly.
His words: “One arm of government cannot close down the activities of the other. How can you elevate intimidation and blackmail to an art of governance?
“The chief judge was blackmailed that he took a bribe of N20 million to stall hearing on the local council development areas case and another alleged N200 million to reassign the E-11’s perjury case to Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi to return a guilty verdict on the governor.
“After the judiciary had been blackmailed to submission, it is now the turn of the parliament to be brought to its knees by blackmailing members and freezing the accounts of the House as if the House is a department in the Governor’s Office.”
He added: “All members mentioned in the bribery scandal would go to court to seek justice. Ekiti radio and television managements would account for libel contained in their broadcasts.
“All those involved in concocting these damaging acts will be made to account for their actions”, he said.
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