In a statement on Wednesday, Uche
Anichukwu, media aide of Ekeweramdu, quoted the deputy senate president as
calling on Nigerians to condemn the incident.
He said for over six hours, a
combined team of policemen, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) and other agencies prevented him from leaving his house.
The deputy senate president said
he was worried because the nation’s democracy is allegedly being derailed by
the current administration.
“On Tuesday morning, some people
laid siege to my house. They left at about 12:20pm after spending about six and
half hours,”the statement read.
“We anticipated that a number of
our colleagues in All Progressives Congress (APC) would defect and join
People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In anticipation of that, the APC leadership
had tried to stop them. When that didn’t happen, the first thing they did was
invite President of the Senate to come to the Police. They believed that once
the President of the Senate goes to the Police, I would be the one to preside
and probably give effect to the letter of defection.
“In anticipation of that, the
Police, EFCC, and other security agencies came together, about 200 of them, to
stop me from going to the national assembly. They said I should come to the
EFCC to give explanation over the things I was accused of. I agreed to follow
them even though there was no prior invitation, but they were not eager to let
me go to answer the invitation.
“The plan was to stop me and the
president of the senate from going to the national assembly today.
Unfortunately for them, the president of the senate was already at the senate
to preside over the plenary session.
“This is not good for democracy.
We must respect the law, respect institutions because that is the only way we
can make progress as a nation. This is total embarrassment to our nation. I
hope this will not happen again.”
Ekweremadu said his official
quarters is like an aspect of the national assembly, wondering why such could
happen there.
He also said the advisers of the
president ought to counsel him properly.
“I am very worried. This is a
decline in our democracy. I want to call on the media and Nigerians to stand up
for Nigeria and ensure we save our democracy,” he said.
“This is a dangerous development.
The whole world expects Nigeria to lead in democracy in Africa. We need to make
progress and show the world that Nigerians are indeed leaders in every aspect
of life.
“When you invade the national
assembly, you are invading the temple of democracy. That is exactly what has
happened today. This is a major assault on democracy.
“Those advising the president
should advise him correctly. As a result of this occurrence, senate had to go
on recess when there are outstanding issues to attend to. Nigerians are
loosing. Whoever is behind this is not a good friend of Nigeria.”
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