Ekiti Assembly Declares Fayemi Wanted

Ekiti State House of Assembly has declared the immediate past governor of the state and current Minister for mines and solid minerals development, Dr Kayode Fayemi wanted and directed the inspector general of police, the state commissioner of police and the Interpol to arrest Kayode Fayemi anywhere he is seen.


The State lawmakers said Fayemi has breached the constitution by failing to appear before the House, after it had summoned him three times in the last one year. They described the N500 million suit filed by Fayemi against the House as an effort in futility.

The House of Assembly chairman committee on information, youth and sports development, Dr Samuel Omotoso while reacting to the warrant of arrest issued on the former governor, said: “the attention of the Ekiti State House of Assembly has been drawn to some newspapers
publications where the wanted Minister of Solid Minerals, John Kayode Fayemi, claimed that he had sued the House for N500 million for issuing a warrant of arrest against him, due to his failure to appear before the Assembly on three consecutive invitations spanning a year period.
“As a former governor and a serving minister, one would have expected him to be abreast of due process, especially as it relates to service of court processes which, is at the instance of the bailiffs.
“Rather than communicating with the Assembly through any court process (if any), or through the appropriate channels, Kayode Fayemi prefers the comical way of media blitz and sensationalism.”

The lawmaker added that in carrying out one of its oversight functions of accountability, the Ekiti state House of Assembly, as well as the National Assembly, have powers under the constitution to invite anybody, anywhere in Nigeria to appear before it as long as he/she is relevant to the issues under purview.
Omotoso noted that following the failure of Fayemi to honour all the three invitations without any official explanation, the House had no choice than to exercise its powers as conferred in Section 129 (d) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, by issuing a warrant of arrest on him.
The lawmaker added that it had directed the inspector general of police, the state commissioner of police and the interpol; and any private citizen of Nigeria to arrest Dr John Kayode Fayemi anywhere he is seen and bring
him to the House as allowed by Section 129 (e) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.