The 23 members of Ekiti State House of Assembly on Friday passed vote of confidence on Governor Ayodele Fayose, and dissociated themselves from the alleged plot to impeach the Governor.

Armed policemen allegedly caused a stir when they laid siege on the Assembly premises on Wednesday night to pave way for the three lawmakers of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) to reconvene the plenary, a week after the members have gone on recess.

The move was condemned by Speaker Kolawole Oluwawole at a press briefing on Friday, when he alleged that the Assembly clerk’s signature was forged in a letter purportedly written to request for police cover. But the chairman, House Committee on information, Samuel Omotoso who spoke with newsmen on behalf of the 23 members at the government house, said they came on a solidarity visit to governor Fayose.

He also expressed displeasure at the siege on the Assembly by the security agents, saying that the members are solidly behind the Governor. Omotoso said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers were fully in support of the move by the party to retrieve Olusola’s mandate which was allegedly stolen from him.

•Excerpted from a Vanguard report