Ojudu, Omirin, APC Lawmakers At Loggerheads Over Fayose’s N250m Impeachment Largesse

by Deji Abiodun

All is not well among the impeached former Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, who is the arrowhead of the plot to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose and his Deputy, Dr. Olusola Eleka, and some of the APC lawmakers as questions are now being asked on the spending of about N250m million allegedly released for the impeachment project.

Sources very close to Omirin disclosed that the embattled former Speaker was already complaining about the way and manner fund was being raised by Senator Ojudu without the knowledge of the lawmakers.

One of the sources said Omirin had demanded explanations from Ojudu over a sum of N250 million allegedly gotten from the Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, but Ojudu could not offer any.

“14 of the APC lawmakers who are committed to the impeachment project were to get N8 million each while Omirin was supposed to be given N15 million.

“However, only N2 million was given to each of the lawmakers while Omirin got N5 million and tongues are now wagging as to how the balance of N227 million was spent,” the source said.

Another source said some of the lawmakers are already getting tired of fighting on, preferring to work towards getting their outstanding entitlements and severance allowance before their tenure ends in June.

The lawmakers are said to be of the view that those used by Ojudu to remove Fayose from office in 2006 never benefitted anything at the end of the day.

“They are now reminding themselves of how Ojudu made millions from the Fayose impeachment in 2006 and how none of the lawmakers used then benefitted anything,” the source said.

Also, Omirin is said not to be too comfortable with Senator Ojudu’s ambition to be governor, believing that it will be a direct support for Ojudu’s ongoing plot to wrestle the leadership of the APC in Ekiti State from former Governor Kayode Fayemi.

Already, Ojudu is financing a group within the Ekiti APC called Action Group.

Said a source; “One of the reasons the impeachment project has not succeeded is Ojudu’s governorship ambition. Ojudu wants the governorship while House of Representatives member and Labour Party governorship candidate, Hon Opeyemi Bamidele is also working behind the scene to upstage Ojudu should Fayose be impeached.

“Fayemi, on his own part does not want both Ojudu and Opeyemi Bamidele. He will rather recontest or support another candidate.”