Buhari can't ban Fayose, Wike from travelling abroad - Ekiti Assembly

Ekiti State House of Assembly has warned President Muhammadu

Buhari from trying to exercise powers that the 1999 Constitution has not bestowed on him by his purported travel ban on two governors from the southern part of the country.

The Ekiti legislature, in a statement issued by the Chairman of its Com­mittee on Information, Youth and Sports De­velopment, Hon Olug­boyega Aribisogan, on Wednesday, noted that any attempt to assume a power not bequeathed by the constitution in a de­mocracy is tantamount to invitation to anarchy.

“The same Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that President Muhammadu Buhari swore to uphold confers the right of immunity to him, Fayose and Wike.

“Nobody, no matter how highly placed, can mess up with our gover­nor, as long as we oper­ate within the ambit of the laws of the land. It is an aberration for any mortal to so decree that a freeborn like him can­not move freely, having not been alleged of any wrong doing.

“We, as lawmakers, will not stand with arms akimbo watching the laws made for the good governance of our people being broken with dis­dain and reckless aban­don. We stand with Ayo Fayose in everything he does. He has not commit­ted any offence by being the leader of the opposi­tion voice in the country.

“That is why we have taken our case to the in­ternational community. We want President Bu­hari to wake up to the re­ality that he is President of a democratic Nigeria in the 21st century, and not a head of a military junta of the late 20th cen­tury Nigeria.