Senator Shehu Sani on Friday,
asked President Muhammadu Buhari to reveal names of politicians who lobbied
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo for a vice-presidential position while he was in
London for medical treatment.
The lawmaker representing Kaduna
Central senatorial district said this on Friday.
He was reacting to comments by Buhari,
who was on a 2-day working visit in Jos, Plateau State, said that some
politicians jostled for the position of VP during his health challenge.
Speaking on the matter, Sani on
Twitter, challenge the president to name them.
He wrote: “The President said in
Jos that when he was on medical vacation, some people spread the rumors that he
was dead and ‘started lobbying the Ag President to make them VP. Mr President,
please name them.”
Meanwhile, Sani has declared that
prisons will be filled with bloggers, critics and perceived political
opponents, if the Hate Speech Bill is passed.
Sani said the law will be used
against free speech.
According to him, Nigeria being a
democratic state must “balance its security exigencies with its constitutional
obligations and moral duty to uphold the rule of law and respect fundamental
rights of its citizens”.
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