Senator Matthew Urhoghide
representing Edo South Senatorial district and Chairman, Senate Committee on
Public Accounts Wednesday explained that thugs assaulted and humiliated him in
the presence of Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki and Commissioner of Police
in the state, Mr. Johnson Babatunde Kokumo.
Explaining his ordeal through
order 43, the lawmaker who was virtually angry, said the thugs who waylaid him
and in the process removed his cap at the airport in Benin were mobilised by
government agents.
“On Friday at Benin Airport,
thugs who were mobilised assaulted and humiliated me while I was with the
governor who was there with Edo State Commissioner of Police. ”
“One of those thugs even removed
my cap”, he added.
He linked the attack against him
to the Committee on Public Accounts which he submitted to the Senate on
Thursday last week indicting President Muhammadu Buhari for the purchase of
American Tucano Aircrafts without Senate approval to the tune of $496 million.
He insisted that the report which
indicted President Buhari was not partisan in content, saying the impeachment
of President Buhari in view of section 143 of the 1999 constitution was the
appropriate move in the circumstance.
“Mr. President, distinguished
colleagues, even the section 143 of the constitution which I recommended has
other procedures to follow. ”
He regretted that his good
service to the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a Senator was misconstrued in Edo
state.
Urhogide further absolved himself
of any wrongdoing saying: “If President Muhammadu Buhari was in my position and
was confronted with the same situation, what would he have done? He would have
done the same thing.”
“Mr. President, I will be going
to court over this issue to serve as deterrent to others in future.”
Responding, the Senate President,
Dr. Bukola Saraki expressed that it was unfortunate the way and manner the
lawmaker was treated.
He asked the Senate Committee on
Police Affairs to look into the matter.
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