Former Speaker of the House of
Representatives and Governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has
condemned in strong terms Tuesday’s invasion, and siege to the National
Assembly complex in Abuja by armed security operatives.
He also applauded the immediate
removal from office of the Director-General of the Department of State
Services, DSS, whose personnel were deployed for such flagrant affront on
democracy and the elected representatives of the Nigerian people.
Tambuwal was reacting to the ugly
incident this morning where DSS operatives barricaded the entrance to the
National Assembly complex and prevented some lawmakers, newsmen and staff of
the National Assembly from entering the premises.
He described the action as a
direct and unacceptable contempt for the sanctity of the legislature which is
the bastion of democracy.
He said that as a former lawmaker
and immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, he was confounded
that anyone could contemplate and execute such an act, commending the Acting
President, Professor Yemi Osinbano for his intervention.
He also called on the
international community to rise in condemnation of the action, which he
described as a very dangerous threat to the survival of democracy in Africa’s
most populous country.
According to the Governor, “It is
wrong and unconscionable for security operatives of any 21st Century nation to
act in ways suggesting democracy and the will of the people could be held to
ransom.”
He described the development as
an attempted coup against the Legislature that requires full and unremitting
investigation.
He called on Nigerians to always
remember that it is their sacred duty to ensure that only their duly-elected
representatives determine their fortunes, saying that no one should bring down
the hard-earned democratic freedom Nigerians fought hard to achieve.
“Every Nigerian must rise and
stand up to defend democracy now or suffer the consequences of a Police state,”
the Governor said.
He also commended the legislators
who refused to be intimidated, describing them as heroes of democracy.
Governor Tambuwal had dumped the
All Progressives Congress (APC) for the PDP last week.
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