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Adams Oshiomhole, governor of Edo state, on Thursday refuted a statement credited to Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, that there was crisis in Edo state house of assembly.

In a statement by Peter Okhiria, his chief press secretary, Oshiomhole said that there was no crisis in the state assembly.

He disclosed that out of the 24 members of the house of assembly, 15 belonged to the All Progressives Congress (PDP) while nine were members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He noted that the number of PDP lawmakers in the house had been further reduced, as three of them were on suspension while the seat of another had been declared vacant.

While warning Fayose to “stop dropping the name of Governor Adams Oshiomhole to shore up his jaded image,” Okhiria said it was utterly laughable and “the height of political childishness for the Ekiti state governor to hide behind his media aides and seek to drag the name of the Governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, into his crude gangster tactics which he has re-introduced into Ekiti politics, less than two months after assuming office”.

Reiterating the fact that PDP effectively had five members in the house, as opposed to APC which had 15, the chief press secretary said that if the PDP members decided to sit in a chamber that was undergoing renovation, their action could at best be regarded as the height of crass legislative irresponsibility.

“It is ridiculous to even contemplate that the Ekiti governor and his media aides do not know that 15 is greater than five! For sure, they seem engrossed with their stomach infrastructure mantra, such a dubious contraption which can only be contrived by an ideologically clueless and gluttonous administration.”

Oshiomhole’s aide further said that Fayose would have been cooling off his heels in gaol rather than brandishing the appellation of being a governor if not for the kind of democracy practised in Nigeria, where the PDP promotes and condones all manners of illegalities, inanities and shenanigans which have become the second nature of that party.

“We are thoroughly ashamed that Ekiti, hitherto known as the fountain of knowledge, is being reduced to a mindless bubble by a man running her affairs without a discernible direction like a drowning man clutching desperately at flotsam,” Okhiria said.

“If Ekiti people, with all their avowed sophistication and intellectuality, have elected to present a political rascal as their number one citizen, so be it; but they must understand that there is a huge difference between character and infamy.”