Fayose Oppresses With Political Power, Shutdown Speaker's Fuel Station and Others

Governor Ayodele Fayose seems to have taken another step political towards his rivals less than a week he was sworn into office

Newly sworn-in Fayose ordered the closure of the petrol station belonging to the speaker of the state House of Assembly, Adewale Omirin, a member of the All Progressives Congress, which controls the Assembly.

Omirin and the members of the house began a month’s recess since last week. Meanwhile Six APC members have deflated to Fayose’s Peoples Democratic Party.

On Tuesday,  Fayose government shut down Omirin’s petrol station in the state capital, along with three others, on the grounds that the location flouted environmental laws. He ordered the owners to submit their construction approval documents to the state Ministry of Environment.

This action according to many and Omirin interpreted it as political intimidation and coercion. He had been pre-informed about Fayose’s planned action, because he refused to join the Peoples Democratic Party.

He said the action will not force him to betray the people that voted him into office, adding that, he would not because of undue political intimidation to abandon his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party for selfish and pecuniary motives.

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