The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo state, Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin, has described the impeachment of Engr Rauf Olaniyan as the deputy governor of the state as illegal and lack of respect for the rule of law.
Folarin in a statement in Ibadan, Monday, after the impeachment of Engr Olaniyan as the deputy governor appealed to members of APC in the state to remain calm.
The APC governorship candidate said Engr. Olaniyan who has since defected to the major opposition party would appeal the impeachment in the Court of Appeal and that APC would not relent in providing alternative to unruly and undemocratic acts of the Peoples Democratic Party (APC) led administration in the state.
The Senator advised the Oyo State House of Assembly legislators “to remember that posterity would judge whatever they do today”, saying the process, which they followed in removing the deputy governor contradicted the tenets of the Constitution.
He said the committee set up by the Chief Judge of the state to investigate the deputy governor also showed it lacked integrity, adding, “why would the committee give the deputy governor just 15 minutes to appear before it.”
The APC governorship candidate maintained that the Chief judge of Oyo state breached his oath of office by ignoring the service of notice of appeal and application for injunction pending appeal when he proceeded to constitute the investigation committee.