Governor Fayose Closes Speaker’s Filling Station for Environmental Reasons
The Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose has fuelled rumours of a conflict with the speaker of the state House of Assembly, Adewale Omirin, after ordering the sealing off of a filling station belonging to the lawmaker.
According to a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose sealed 4 filling stations in the capital to prevent “unimaginable fire accident with attendant fatalities” while also directing the owners to report at the Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Urban Development with their letters of approval.
The speaker, Adewale Omirin, however, addressed the directive in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, saying the governor meant to force him to leave the APC and join the PDP.
“I called the governor to confirm what the honourable member told me about the plan to close my filling station. The governor denied any such plan, swearing that he would not pursue any victimisation agenda against his opponents.
“But only yesterday (Wednesday), the governor ordered the closure of the filling station, citing environmental factor.”
