President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has warned that continued detention of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh was designed by the Federal Government to gag the mouthpiece of the opposition.
Ekweremadu who stressed the need for the All Progressives Congress, APC led government to be cautious against the trampling of the opposition and total disregard for the rule of law in the guise of anti-corruption war, said that with this development, the country was fast descending into authoritarianism, adding that it spells doom on the nation’s democracy.
In a statement signed yesterday by his Special Adviser, Media, Uche Anichukwu, Senator Ekweremadu who reaffirmed the PDP’s support for a genuine anti-graft crusade, however, decried a situation where such crusade becomes a calculated attempt to decimate and silence the opposition, while members of the ruling party with serious corruption allegations go about their businesses.
The Deputy President of the Senate who was speaking in the light of the continued detention of Metuh, Senator Ekweremadu said,” the continued detention of the PDP mouthpiece was an attempt to gag the opposition and therefore unhealthy for democracy.”
Warning against the corruption of the anti-corruption war, he argued: “An anti-graft trap that catches only members of the opposition and those with axe to grind with the government of the day is compromised.”
He called on the nation to denounce and resist the prevailing situation where people are held in custody against the directives of the courts and laws of the land, insisting that there would be no justice without the rule of law. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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When the can of worm finally burst ur mouth will be gagged!
ReplyDeleteShameless ofu and pdp.
U & ur goons rely on weakness of court that do work better in sane countries to perpetuate financial rascality of Naija mini wealth!
Ur actions sent our soldiers whom atr our own bloods to death. And u still speak of Rule of Law!
The bllod of these fallen heros are shouting for justice!
We r talking about $2.1B
Better go back to school.
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ReplyDeleteAnonymous 3:20 is too foolish to be alive
ReplyDeleteWhy did u say he is stupid..give reasons...if d opposition were clean,wud anybody haunt them....did pdp appoint any apc member to any post?...y will u want opposition to answer for your misdeeds...though there r pdp thieves in APc bt carry ur cross alone...pdp stired d govt for 16 yrs n nt pdp n ApC ok...this is clear logic..get it into ur heads....Is it nw that u knw there is rule of law n constitution...bt wen u were looting u ppl didn't remember democracy
ReplyDeleteTalking of democracy...according to pdp it means"looting of the ppls resources by some ppl and for d ppl....now APC sees it as violating of court orders by a person and for the ppl.....If buhari will violate d constitution to kill these ppl. BETTER for us...I love his style..u didn rmemba democracy wen u wia looting....FOOL
ReplyDeleteGangsters in government =AGBERO PEOPLES CONGRESS. THATS WHY CERTIFICATE MATTERS. NIGERIA IS IN TROUBLE? THUGS ARE IN POWER
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