In a statement on Wednesday, Kola
Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the party, said if the president refuses to do that,
he will be held responsible for the utterances and actions of the group.
Garus Gololo, chairman of the
association in Benue state, had said the senate president is working to
undermine the presidency. He then asked Saraki to relinquish his position or be
forced out.
But Othman Ngelzarma, national
secretary of MACBAN, said Gololo spoke in his personal capacity and he would be
sanctioned for making the comment, while he asked the public to disregard it.
PDP said the threat has revealed
the relationship between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and MACBAN, adding
the group is the military wing of the ruling party.
“If anything, this unguarded
statement by Miyetti Allah has exposed the synergy between the ruling party and
some troublesome elements, who are being used to stoke division and create
violent crisis that had resulted into daily bloodletting in various parts of
the country,” the statement read.
“It is now abundantly clear to
Nigerians that those fomenting crisis, including the bloody clashes in Benue,
Taraba, Zamfara, Nassarawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Edo, Borno, Yobe, Enugu, Kogi,
Adamawa and other states in our country, have political backers, who now want
to channel them to achieve their unpatriotic quest to subvert our constitution
and forcefully take over the national assembly.
“Before now, to majority of
Nigerians, the Miyetti Allah has always represented the military wing of the
APC and the Buhari presidency. It is incontrovertible that they have now become
the fourth arm of government that can determine when and how to forcefully
remove the number three citizen, the president of the senate.
“It is common knowledge that Mr.
President has come under heavy public criticisms on how his body language has
condoned the unguarded utterances and actions of these characters.
“However, in the light of these
treasonable and inciting utterances by Miyetti Allah, we demand that President
Muhammadu Buhari, should within the next 24 hours, order the arrest and
commence immediate trial of the leadership of this group, otherwise Nigerians
will henceforth hold him directly responsible for the utterances and actions of
the Miyetti Allah.
“Finally, the PDP is aware that
Miyetti Allah does not represent the views and interests of the vast majority
of cattle breeders or even any ethnic group in the country. We therefore urge
all good spirited Nigerians to rise in condemnation of the actions and
utterances of these misguided elements, who are being used to attempt a
constitutional breach that portends grave danger to national cohesion and our
hard earned democracy.”
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