Babafemi Ojudu, special adviser
to the president on political matters, says Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
lawmakers are attempting to “elicit public sympathy” with the security siege at
the national assembly complex.
He said while operatives of the
Department of State Services (DSS) barricaded the entrance of the complex, the
PDP lawmakers were inside “holding (a) meeting and even drinking whiskey”.
The siege took place amid rumours
of a purported plan to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki.
Most of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) lawmakers said to be plotting the impeachment were away from the
complex during the siege, except for a few of them including the deputy speaker
of the house of representatives.
Speaking during a Channels TV
programme on Wednesday, Ojudu said “it was the height of it” for the hooded
state officials to prevent entry into the complex “whereas some lawmakers were
in there, holding (a) meeting and even drinking whiskey”.
“There were photos of the PDP
lawmakers, about 30 of them – a mixture of senators and reps – where they sat
down at the lobby, drinking whiskey,” he added.
Ojudu said the presidency was
alerted immediately the news of the siege broke and it was discovered there was
no planned impeachment as was being reported.
“I was asked to go and find out
what was happening at the national assembly. I got there at about 11am and I
found about 25 or 30 lawmakers of the PDP sitting down at the lobby and I didn’t see anything (regarding the rumoured
impeachment plot),” he said.
“When this was happening, they
were on their normal caucus meeting. No single member of the APC was at the
premises of the national assembly.
“I spoke to some of the senators
yesterday on what the meeting was about and they were concerned and worried
about the president’s budget; they were concerned and were asking ‘what do we
do?’ If things continue this way, there may be no election next year.”
The presidential aide also
dismissed speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari would not have acted
decisively on the siege just as Acting President Yemi Osinbajo did.
According to him, “many of you
don’t seem to know President Buhari at all. He is not that kind of person (that
would not act). He is a very just kind of person. If he was around, he probably
wouldn’t have allowed this kind of thing to happen without some kind of
sanctions”.
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Buhari is simple person, he is not that kind of person that will see such thing and not act, story for the gods
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