NASS SIEGE: WHAT SARAKI PLANNED TO ACHIEVE ON TUESDAY – APC
NASS
SIEGE: WHAT SARAKI PLANNED TO ACHIEVE ON TUESDAY – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has claimed that security
agencies foiled Senate President Bukola Saraki’s plan to foment trouble at the
National Assembly on Tuesday.
This was contained in a statement Yekini Nabena, APC National
Publicity Secretary sent to Reporters Wednesday morning.
Operatives of the Department of State
Services (DSS) had laid siege at the
country’s legislature yesterday.
But Nabena claimed that APC’s “investigations” uncovered that “the
timely intervention of the security operatives forestalled the planned violence
which could have led to possible deaths, injuries and destruction of property
in the National Assembly on Tuesday.”
“Why did the Senate President mobilise thugs to the National
Assembly who almost lynched Hon. E.J. Agbonayinma, the only APC federal
lawmaker present but for the timely intervention of security operatives.
“Why did the Senate President reconvene the National Assembly?
Ostensibly as a pre-emptive move to frustrate federal lawmakers move to impeach
him.
“Is it not curious that only Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
federal lawmakers were present in their numbers-some as early as 7am, while the
majority APC federal lawmakers were elsewhere holding a caucus meeting on the
state of the nation.
“We call on security agencies and relevant bodies to as a matter
of urgency probe these findings and take all necessary and legitimate action to
stop these illegalities which pose a direct and ominous threat to our
democracy.
“As espoused in our earlier statement, whilst our contention with
the leadership of the National Assembly as currently constituted is a matter of
public record, we still believe that the legislature as an independent arm of
government must be allowed free reign for vibrant contestation of ideas and
values amongst its members within the context of their constitutional mandate
and for the benefit of the Nigerian people.
“Finally, we reiterate our call for the Senate President to resign
from the position immediately as he no longer has the moral and legitimate
ground to occupy that position as a member of the minority PDP. Going by the
opular axiom, ‘the majority will have their way, but the minority will have
their say’”.
