Armed police officers have been stationed around the Assembly complex to prevent any invasion while workers closed early.
Nigeria Police personnel have taken over Ekiti State House of Assembly to avert an alleged plot by hoodlums to invade the Assembly complex.
The Assembly complex has been closed by police personnel in response to an alleged plot to invade the complex.
Armed police officers have been stationed around the Assembly complex to prevent any invasion while workers closed early.
A source in the police told SaharaReporters that they received information that some people were planning to invade the Assembly complex and attack lawmakers.
The source said some politicians in the state are displeased with the outcome of the election that brought in the new Speaker of the Assembly, Gboyega Aribisogan on Tuesday.
Aribisogan was elected as the new Speaker of the House of Assembly following the death of the late Speaker, Funminyi Afuye.
SaharaReporters reported on Tuesday that Aribisogan emerged as the new Speaker despite efforts by the immediate former governor of the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi to impose his candidate, Chief Bunmi Adelugba on the people, in a move to retain control of the state legislature.
SaharaReporters also exclusively reported that Fayemi also disrespected the state governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji in his move to ensure Adelugba, who represents Emure constituency, emerged as the Speaker.
Sources said Fayemi on Sunday summoned top politicians in the state to his house and categorically told them to support Adelugba for the vacant position. He, however, failed to invite the governor to the gathering where the plot was being made to technically give himself a third term in office by retaining control of the House.
Fayemi and Oyebanji, whom he supported to succeed him in office are already at loggerheads less than a month after the latter took the oath of office.
“Fayemi summoned Ekiti politicians to his house on Sunday and imposed a speaker on them, Adelugba. In fact, the speaker he selected took a priest to the House of Assembly, dry-cleaned her Speaker’s robe and fumigated the Assembly complex.
“But Fayemi did not invite the governor who is now at loggerheads with him over the messy state he left the state’s treasury,” a source told SaharaReporters after Fayemi’s plot failed.
It was learnt that some of the lawmakers voted against Adelugba to spite Fayemi for allegedly working against them during the primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“Today, the people of Ekiti are jubilant that ‘Fayemi’s third term’ in office has ended,” another source privy to the happenings in the state told SaharaReporters on Tuesday.
Aribisogan, who was said to have the support of Governor Oyebanji, had 15 votes to defeat Fayemi’s candidate, Adelugba who got 10 votes.
Aribisogan was thereafter sworn in at the plenary of Tuesday by the clerk of the House, Mr. Tola Esan.
The new Speaker thanked his colleagues for having confidence in him and promised to be committed to the discharge of his duty.
The immediate former Speaker, Afuye, died after suffering from cardiac arrest on October 19. He was buried last Friday in Ikere-Ekiti.