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Atiku worried over invasion of senate by hoodlums, PDP blames APC, Presidency

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By Baron Ike
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar had expressed concern over the Wednesday invasion of the National Assembly by hoodlums, saying it portends grave danger for Nigeria’s democracy.
Atiku joined other well meaning Nigerians and groups to condemn the act, saying he was shocked and embarrassed by the invasion.
Also on Wednesday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemned the invasion and decried the seizure of the Senate mace, saying that what happened was a direct assault on the legislature and bold attempt to truncate Nigeria’s democracy.
“We note that this offensive has been emboldened by series of interferences and direct attacks by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Buhari Presidency on the institution of the National Assembly, particularly the Senate,” the PDP said in a statement signed by the spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan on Wednesday.
Ologbondiyan added: “The APC has foisted on our nation an irredeemable autocracy, which has in three years of governance, gone beyond limits to force Nigerians to accept a government that has no respect for freedom and the ideals of democracy, particularly the constitutional separation of powers.
“Is it not strange that a legislative day appointed to further deliberate on the re-ordering of sequence of election will be the day that strange elements would invade the National Assembly, particularly, the hallowed chambers of the Senate,  to disrupt legislative proceeding and seize the
mace?
“Equally strange is the compromising of security in the National Assembly paving the way for the invasion.
“The parliament, all over the world, is the bastion of democracy, without which government becomes autocratic and totalitarian.
“We urge Nigerians to pause and reflect on the series of assaults on our legislature under the current dispensation; the persecution and harassment of the leaders and members of the Senate on trumped-up charges, including declaring a serving senator wanted by the Police.
“We therefore charge the National Assembly to bring forth every legislative instrument to protect itself from external aggression as well as unraveling every persons, offices and institutions that played any form of roles in this wild attempt to scuttle our hard earned democracy.
“Our nation has accepted democracy as the best form of governance. Those whose adrenaline cannot accommodate democracy and its constitutionally guaranteed tenets should either shape in or be forced to conform with the best ideals of democracy.”

Meanwhile, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the attack as a dangerous precedent and an assault on Nigeria’s democracy by anti-democratic elements.

“I am utterly embarrassed, shocked and outraged by this ugly development because it is not only a threat to a major democratic institution, but also represents a grave danger to the survival of our democracy.”

Atiku said given the tension in the country, the timing of the attack could not have come at a worse time for Nigeria, and that using illegal and unconstitutional methods to threaten the authority of a key democratic institution is unacceptable, evil, and condemnable.

The former Vice President noted that it is inconceivable that hoodlums could force their way into the Senate chamber and take away the Mace.

Atiku said: “If criminals could commit such security breach with impunity, it means that our entire democracy is in danger.”

He said so many people have died in order to bring this democracy about and therefore called for immediate investigation into the incident and the prompt prosecution of those involved.

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