Ekiti speaker reacts over petrol station’s closure

The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assem­bly, Dr. Adewale Omi­rin, has said intimi­dation and coercion will not force him to betray the people that voted him into office.
He said he would not buckle under undue political pressure to abandon his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for selfish and pe­cuniary motives.
Reacting to the closure of his filling station in Ado-Ekiti on the orders of Governor Ayodele Fayose, the Speaker, in a state­ment by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, said he fulfilled all necessary environ­mental laws in the location of the filling station and got neces­sary approval, wondering why the governor was starting early in the day to victimise those who do not share his political belief. Some filling stations in the state had been shut on Tues­day on the orders of Governor Fayose for allegedly violat­ing some environmental laws. Owners of the stations have been ordered to supply their papers.
Fuming on the develop­ment, Omirin said: “Honour­able Joseph Dele Olugbemi had told me two days after the governor’s inauguration, that he (the governor) had made up his mind to close my filling sta­tion over refusal to join PDP. Olugbemi defected to PDP on the day Governor Fayose was inaugurated. 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. I called the gover­nor to confirm what the honour­able member told me about the plan to close my filling station, the governor denied any of such plan, swearing that he would not pursue any victimisation agenda against the opponents.”