The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose and his deputy Mrs. Abiodun Olujimi have been impeached by members of the state House of Assembly after being declared guilty of corruption. His sack raised the level of tension in the Ekiti State with anti-riot police deployed all over the state capital Ado-Ekiti. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), recently accused Fayose of diverting $100,000 to a personal account in the US. He was also accused of receiving kickbacks on a poultry project embarked upon by his state government. He becomes the third governor to be impeached since 1999. Recently, Members of the state's House of Assembly suspended the state Chief Judge Justice Kayode Bamisile, sacked the panel he set up earlier to investigate allegations of misconduct against the governor and his deputy, and ordered the freezing of the accounts of the state government. They described members of Bamisile's panel as people of questionable character. The House appointed Justice Kayode Aladejana as acting Chief Judge with a new special investigative panel to look into the allegations by the EFCC. The appointment of the new acting CJ was described as unconstitutional by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Alfa Belgore. However, the investigative panel, headed by the new CJ found evidence of corruption against the governor and recommended his sacking. Meanwhile the governor's supporters have said that he and his deputy are being "persecuted" because he had fallen out with President Olusegun Obasanjo.