The Parliamentary Democrats Group
(PDG), a group in the house of representatives, has warned the All Progressives
Congress (APC) lawmakers in the lower legislative chamber against an alleged
move to remove Yakubu Dogara, the speaker.
In a statement on Thursday,
Timothy Golu, a lawmaker from Plateau and spokesman of the group, said the
attempt to oust Dogara would be met “with fire”.
Golu said Dogara has been
performing well and is leading the house with the fear of God.
“We believe that it is the
aftermath of the gale of defections that had hit the APC in recent times, of
which more are being expected that is affecting the members,” the statement
read.
“However, any issue that concerns
the larger house will not cease to get our attention, especially the accusation
by one group that another group is contemplating the impeachment of the
speaker.
“We want to warn that such
discussions should start and end at the APC secretariat or the secretariats of
the various APC house groups. We are keeping our eyes and ears wide open for
any such eventuality and to restate our readiness to return fire for fire on
anyone thinking of it.
“If they claim that someone is
thinking of becoming speaker in 2019 when the current tenure has not ended, it
will not be out of place to suspect such motives. This is especially so when
the same people have been talking strongly on the urgent need to address
critical legislative issues.”
The lawmaker asked his APC
colleagues not to distract the house from important issues.
“Our colleagues leading various
splinter groups in the APC to allow the House to go on smoothly until June 9,
2019 or thereabout,” he said.
“We do not want the
externally-influenced distraction taking place in the red chamber where some
anti-democratic forces want to truncate democracy, to happen in the house. As
true democrats, we are at alert, keeping vigilance and monitoring happenings with
eagle eye wherever they are.”
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