The Lawmaker representing Kogi
West in the Senate, Senator Dino Melaye has called on the Acting President
Prof. Yemi Osibajo to declare a State of Emergency in Kogi before anarchy
becomes the order of the day.
This followed the onslaught
suffered by the State lawmakers when suspected thugs invaded the Kogi State
House of Assembly on Tuesday to disrupt house sitting.
Dino Melaye who disclosed in a
social media platforms “Chat with the Speaker” condemned in strong terms the
attack on the Assembly, most especially the member representing Igalamela Odolu
Constituency, Friday Sanni Makama who resumed sitting after his victory at the
Kogi State High Court Lokoja challenging his six months suspension from the
house for alleged anti legislative activities.
He called on stakeholders in the
ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to challenge the anti democratic
activities allegedly orchestrated by Governor Yahaya Bello, noting that the
Governor should not be allowed to destroy the labour of genuine APC members in
Kogi State.
According to him “The draconian
Idi Amin approach to governance by Yahaya Bello today as displayed by his
criminally minded hooligans and hired killers in usurping the legislative
powers and priviledges of the Parliament is a clear manifestation of satanism.
“The unwarranted attack on Hon.
Friday Sani Makama shall not be swept under the carpet.
“We are not in a banana republic.
It is manifestly clear now that the acting President must declare a state of
Emergency in Kogi State before Anarchy becomes Total.
“The economic cankerworm and social scavenger
called Bello must be tamed before he finishes spending the little political
capital left for APC in Kogi. We must not all keep quiet and allow this
Stranger destroy the labour of genuine APC members in Kogi.
“We will not allow him to take us
back to Egypt. We must rescue Kogi NOW!!!!.”
In a swift reaction, the State
Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello distanced himself from the Assembly attack.
Speaking through his Director
General, Media and publicity Kingsley Fanwho the Governor maintained that his
administration will not condone any act of thuggery, adding that anyone caught
would be made to face the full weight of the law.
Meanwhile, a Senior Advocate of
Nigeria from Kogi State Okutepa (SAN) also shared his view on the invasion of
the house by suspected thugs.
“I think time has come for all
stakeholders of Kogi State to be out against tyrannical and authoritarian acts
and actions.
“The whimsical and tyrannical
misdeamenour of our politicians cut across political parties. Kogi has
everything but is lacking everything.
“We cannot in the face of
available human and material resources continue to Condone the wickedness being
visited on our people.
“Democracy is not government of
adolescent by the adolescent for the adolescent. It is much more than that. It
is a form of government that has no room for tyrannical and whimsical warlords
masquerading as thugs.
“We must come together as a
people to liberate ourselves from the current poverty of political and legal
ideas,” Okutepa noted.
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this party APC was form on lies and hate so it must be torn by the same hate and lies ,acting presido should always watch out and pray, because the baboons and the monkeys have started sucking in blood
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