The camp of the Speaker of House
of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday confirmed the withdrawal of
Department of State Services (DSS) operatives from the head of the Green
Chamber of the legislature.
It would be recalled that Senate
President Bukola Saraki Dogara, suffered similar fate, as operatives attached
to him too were reduced.
It was gathered that the DSS
recalled 50 percent of agents attached to the National Assembly.
However, both leaders, perhaps
studying the situation, are yet to provide an official reaction on the matter.
But Tuesday, a reliable source in
the Dogara camp declared that what had happened was unfortunate.
The source also condemned the
authority for attempting to act as if the recall of the DSS was fabricated.
He said: “I can confirm to you
that the DSS has withdrawn 50 percent of its security details attached to the
Speaker.
“If they say they didn’t withdraw
them, the details that left were raptured?
Promising to give an update as
events unfold, our source warned that the onslaught against the National
Assembly should not be allowed to get out of hand.
On Monday, former new Peopes
Democratic Party, PDP, members in the All Progressives Congress, APC, condemned
developments in the last few days involving Saraki and Dogara.
A statement signed by Abubakar
Kawu Baraje, lamented that Saraki and Dogara were being rubbished despited
ongoing talks between members of the former nPDP, the APC and the Presidency in
recent days.
“However, while we are truly and
earnestly committed to achieving reconciliation, harmony, truce and cohesion in
the APC as we approach the 2019 general elections, it is appears that the
Presidency is not interested in the talks and that they may have been
negotiating in bad faith.
“We were alarmed that immediately
after our meeting with the Vice President last week, the presidency
misrepresented what transpired at the meeting by trying to blackmail some of
the principal actors involved in the discussions in a national daily.
“Similarly, the leadership of the
party (APC) went ahead to ratify all the Congresses from ward, local
governments, states and zonal where many of our members have complaints,
effectively presenting us with a fait accompli.
“The persecution of our members
using state security apparatus have continued unabated,” Baraje noted.
“We recognize the powers of the
Police to conduct criminal investigations but by rushing to the public with the
issue even when they have unfettered access to the leadership of the National
Assembly suggests an attempt to undermine, caricature and humiliate the
institution of the legislature.
“It appears that there is a fouled and toxic
atmosphere and environment of intimidation and threat to life in which we now
find ourselves which may no longer be conducive for members of the former nPDP
to continue with the talk.”
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