The 19 All Progressives Congress, APC, lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of Assembly have begun moves to commence impeachment proceedings against Governor Ayodele Fayose.

The embattled Speaker, Dr Adewale Omirin, has forwarded a notice of gross misconduct to the governor.‎
According to sources within the APC, the notice was served on Fayose during the week.
A copy of the notice was also sent to his deputy, Dr. Olusola Eleka.

But Fayose while reacting to the notice advised the APC lawmakers to stop acting like "jesters."
He also described the said impeachment notice as the "joke of the century."

Fayose explained that the script being acted by the APC is a failed one because no one, no matter how highly placed, will be allowed to test the will of the Ekiti people.
Also, the factional Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Dele Olugbemi, has dismissed the purported notice of impeachment and accused Omirin of "forgery, impersonation and attempt to cause breach of public peace."

In the letter by the 19 APC lawmakers titled, "Re: Notice of Allegations of Gross Misconduct," sent to Fayose, the APC lawmakers listed eight impeachable offences against the governor.
These offences bordered on impunity, brigandage, stalking and other constitutional breaches.
They include the alleged invasion of the House of Assembly with thugs and miscreants, instigating an unconstitutional takeover of the House by seven legislators to sit in contravention of Section 96(2) of the 1999 Constitution, prevention of the 19 APC legislators from performing their duties with the use of security agents and armed thugs, sponsoring an unlawful impeachment process in the house, spending Ekiti State funds without the requisite constitutional approval in contravention of the constitution and running the government without legally constituted Executive Council in contravention of Section 192(2) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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