The 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and lawmaker representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Senator Teslim Folarin, yesterday, said the plot to impeach Oyo State Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan, by Governor Seyi Makinde and the state’s lawmakers would fail.
Folarin, in a statement through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yekini Olaniyi, said lawmakers and the people of the state that gave Olaniyan a 4-year mandate would resist the impeachment.
According to Folarin: “I wish to reiterate that Olaniyan’s position as the validly elected deputy governor of Oyo State is secured, constitutionally backed and his tenure ends on the 29th of May 2023.
“The impeachment process initiated by Makinde and the induced lawmakers can be best described as a coup d’etat, and will be duly resisted by the lawmakers, who have not sold their consciences and the peace-loving people of Oyo State.
“I am certain that the governor cannot get the required number to impeach his deputy because some conscientious lawmakers are already dissociating themselves from the impeachment agenda. They refused to be bought over by the governor. I commend their boldness and integrity.
“I want to remind the involved lawmakers that switching political parties is not an impeachable offence. Therefore, they should be warned not to toe the path of self-destruction.”
