Cabal has taken over Buhari’s government ---Saraki
(Nigeria) Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Monday warned there is now a government within the government of President Muhamadu Buhari who have seized the apparatus of Executive powers to pursue their nefarious agenda.
Speaking shortly after he was arraigned before an Abuja High
Court alongside his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, he warned the Federal Government
and the All Progressives Congress, APC, that if there was no rethink in the
fight against the legislature, they stand the risk of losing the support of
Nigerians.
In a statement, Saraki's said, "Today we the leaders of
the Nigerian Senate reiterate our innocence against the charges filed by the
Attorney General of the Federal Government of Nigeria at the Federal Capital
Territory, FCT, High Court on the allegations of forgery of the Senate Standing
Rules document.
"In our view, the charges filed by the Attorney General
represent a violation of the principle of the Separation of Powers between the
Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch as enshrined in our
Constitution. Furthermore, it is
farcical to allege that a criminal act occurred during Senate procedural
actions and the mere suggestion demonstrates a desperate overreach by the
office of the Attorney General. These trumped up charges is only another phase
in the relentless persecution of the leadership of the Senate
"This misguided action by the Attorney General begs the
question, how does this promote the public interest and benefit the
nation? At a time when the whole of
government should be working together to meet Nigeria’s many challenges, we are
once again distracted by the Executive Branch’s inability to move beyond a
leadership election among Senate peers. It was not an election of Senate peers
and Executive Branch participants.
"Over the past year the Senate has worked to foster
good relations with the Executive Branch.
It is in all of our collective interests to put aside divisions and get
on with the nation’s business. We risk
alienating and losing the support of the very people who have entrusted their
national leaders to seek new and creative ways to promote a secure and
prosperous Nigeria. As leaders and
patriots, it is time to rise above partisanship and to move forward together.
"However, what has become clear is that there is now a
government within the government of President Buhari who have seized the
apparatus of Executive powers to pursue their nefarious agenda.
"This latest onslaught on the Legislature represents a
clear and present danger to the democracy Nigerians fought hard to win and
preserve. The suit filed on behalf of
the Federal government suggests that perhaps some forces in the Federal
Republic have not fully embraced the fact that the Senate’s rules and
procedures govern how the legislative body adjudicates and resolves its own
disputes.
"Let it be abundantly clear, both as a citizen and as a
foremost Legislator, I will continue to rise above all the persecution and
distraction that have been visited on me. In the words of Martin Luther King
Junior, “the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where he stands at a time of challenge and
controversy.
"I will remain true and committed to the
responsibilities that my citizenship and my office impose on me. Without doubt,
the highest of those responsibilities is the steadfast refusal to surrender to
the subversion of our democracy and the desecration of the Senate. This is a
cross I am prepared to carry. If yielding to the nefarious agenda of a few
individuals who are bent in undermining our democracy and destabilising the
Federal government to satisfy their selfish interests is the alternative to
losing my personal freedom, let the doors of jails be thrown open and I shall
be a happy guest."
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