Frank Tietie, one of the
constituents of the suspended lawmaker representing Delta Central senatorial
district, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has called on other members of the senatorial
district to immediately commence the recall process of the embattled lawmaker
if found to have caused the snatching of the mace from the Senate floor on
Wednesday.
He condemned the reported
brigandage at the National Assembly, where it was reported that unknown persons
associated with the suspended Senator, Omo-Agege demobilized the security of
the National Assembly and stole the mace of the Senate during plenary, taking
same to unknown location.
Reacting in a statement Tietie, who is the Executive Director of Citizens Advocacy For
Social & Economic Rights, CASER, stated that where it becomes unequivocally
clear that Senator Omo-Agege was directly responsible for this disgraceful act,
he must be punished according law.
He categorically stated that upon
such an establishment of malfeasance by the suspended senator, the Urhobo
people must immediately commence a recall process against him with alacrity
since “they are known to be peaceful people have a reputation for using the
process of the law to settle all disputes with authorities and in most cases
with persons”.
The statement reads, “This (what
happened in the Senate) is a national disgrace and raises serious questions of
complicity, conspiracy, dereliction, incompetence and negligence. This sad
event symbolises the comatose state of affairs regarding our national ethos as
a people and a country.
“It is more worrisome to me that
this disgraceful act is associated with the prompting of a supposed senator
representing the Urhobo people who constitute Delta Central Senatorial District
of Delta State .
“While at the time of this
writing, it has been confirmed to me that the said Senator ovie Omo-Agege has
been arrested in connection with this latest desecration of the National
Assembly, it is my sincere hope that his involvement is not true.
“However, where it becomes
unequivocally clear that Senator Ovie Omo Agege is directly responsible for
this disgraceful act, he must be punished according law. In fact, upon such an
establishment of malfeasance by the suspended senator, the Urhobo people must
immediately commence a recall process against him with alacrity .
“While Omo Agege remains an
Urhobo man and should expect my love at all times, this act, if associated with
him must be vehemently rejected by the Urhobo People .
“The Urhobo people are known to
be peaceful people have a reputation for using the process of the law to settle
all disputes with authorities and in most cases with persons. A quick check at
the historicity and socio cultural development of the of the peoples of the
Niger Delta area show the Urhobos as a people who value due process. They show
a great degree of respect for the lawful authority of government and the
sanctity of the law courts . This accounts for the high number of qualified
lawyers and Senior Advocates of Nigeria of Urhobo origin despite being just
well over 5 million in population by latest demographics.
“The Urhobo people to whom I owe
my moral and cultural upbringing with a deep sense of gratitude cannot be
associated with such disgraceful acts.
“I hereby call on the leadership
of the National Assembly to urgently review the security situation of the
country which should become more apparent to it by now that it cannot be more
shambolic than a situation where the mace of the Senate would be forcefully
seized in broad day light during plenary and taken to an unknown destination by
unknown persons.
“Thus, the security chiefs of the
National Assembly must immediately resign on account of this gross dereliction
of duty and crass incompetence in the management of the security of the
National Assembly .
“Also, the Department of State
Services (DSS) must not leave any stone unturned in unravelling all those
behind this latest disgrace that has redefined Nigeria’s rank in infamy among
the comity of nations.
“There must be a swift response.”
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