Governor Ayo Fayose has given resons why sealed of a Petrol station belonging to the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly.Fayose, who was speaking through a statement on Thursday by his Special Assistant on Information and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, said; “as against the falsehood being spread by the Speaker and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Speaker’s Petrol Station, alongside three others were sealed up for contravening environmental laws.”
He listed the four fuel stations affected by the government action to include; INIS Integrated Services located along Iworoko Road, Ado-Ekiti; belonging Hon Churchill Adedipe, NIPCO Petrol Station (Morolu Global Services), Isato-Oke in Ado-Ekiti (belonging to Mr Oloko), T5 Petrol Station, Ajilosun in Ado-Ekiti (owned by Dr Adewale Omirin) and PHENROSE Limited, Ajilosun in Ado-Ekiti (owned by Mr Gilbert Igweka).
While advising the Speaker to thread softly so as to prevent himself from being pushed into perdition, the Governor said, “Code 2 (b) of the Code of Conduct Act prohibits public office holders like the Speaker from participating in management or running of any private business, profession or trade.
“Therefore, those making noise in the media that Dr Omirin owns a filling station are only trying to throw him inside the web of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, and the noisemakers won’t be available to help him out of the mess they would have put him.”
While advising the Speaker to thread softly so as to prevent himself from being pushed into perdition, the Governor said, “Code 2 (b) of the Code of Conduct Act prohibits public office holders like the Speaker from participating in management or running of any private business, profession or trade.
“Therefore, those making noise in the media that Dr Omirin owns a filling station are only trying to throw him inside the web of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, and the noisemakers won’t be available to help him out of the mess they would have put him.”
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