The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in Ekiti State have criticized a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, for calling them charlatans in their resolve to protect the Constitution and defend the rule of law. They slammed the former minister of Transport for supporting the impeachment of Ondo State Deputy Governor, Ali Olanusi and opposing the impeachment proceedings launched against Governor Ayo Fayose. This was in a reaction to to Babatope's interview which appeared in a national newspaper on Monday. The lawmakers stated such a senior party leader should not be speaking from both sides of the mouth and getting carried away by emotions in his analysis of political events in Ekiti in particular and Nigeria in general. In a statement issued on Monday by the Special Adviser (Media) to Speaker Adewale Omirin, Wole Olujobi, the lawmakers advised Babatope to take a rest after the crushing defeat his party suffered from APC at both state and federal levels. They advised Babatope to take his heart away from the trauma of his new status to avoid a psychological torture inherent in his hate campaign against APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinub. They also counseled him to be discrete in his utterances on the alleged illegalities by Governor Fayose lest he be labeled a leader with scant sense of good judgment.
