by Azeez Adeniyi
Following a bench warrant issued against him by the Ekiti State House of Assembly, former governor Kayode Fayemi has filed a N500m suit against the state Assembly.
The Assembly had called on the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to arrest and produce Fayemi in order to explain allegation of misappropriation of N852m State Universal Basic Education funds.
The lawmakers also accused Fayemi, of fraud in the award of contracts during his administration between 2010 and 2014.
In a suit filed by his counsel, Rafiu Balogun, said the action of the lawmakers was politically motivated.
The defendants are the Ekiti Assembly, Speaker Kola Oluwawole, the Inspector General of Police and Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, Abdullahi Chafe.
He demanded N500m as general damages for the embarrassment, odium, contempt and public ridicule the issuance of the summons and arrest warrant had caused him.
