Human Rights Writers Association
of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called for the immediate impeachment of the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila for allegedly negotiating with
armed bandits in Zamfara.
HURIWA faulted the reported
parley between the Speaker, bandits and hoodlums in Zamfara State, describing
the act a high treason and one of the most serious crimes against the
constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The group stated that, “state
officials have sworn an oath on their honour to defend the Nigerian
constitution just as the Nigerian constitution had in section 6 conceded the
judicial powers of the federation on the Courts of competent jurisdiction
meaning that crime suspects ought to be prosecuted and made to face the full
wrath of the law and not to be applauded for their criminality just as the
Rights group asserted that by section of section 4 the National Assembly ought
to be concerned about making good laws for the peace and security of Nigeria
and not for the Speaker or anyone for that matter to undermine the constitution
by engaging in nocturnal dialogues with outlaws who have declared war against
the people of Nigeria abd against the Nigerian State.
“The extant Terrorism Prevention
(amendment) Act has oulawed and overruled the holding of such illegal
consultations with terrorists and bandits.”
The Rights group urged, “the
Federal House of Representatives to impeach Gbajabiamila for reportedly holding
this unholy communion with freelance armed bandits responsible for thousands of
killings in Zamfara state and for waging war against the Nigeria state.”
It regretted that, “the Speaker
was still battling the allegations that he embezzled his clients cash of
$25,000 in USA which reportedly led to his alleged debarment from practicing
law in a USA and here is the same holding said to have negotiated with mass
killers with blood of innocent citizens in their filthy hands.”
HURIWA in a statement signed and
made available to DAILY POST on Tuesday by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel
Onwubiko, said, “if indeed the Speaker as widely reported held a meeting with
armed bandits in Zamfara State, he could as well schedule state by state visits
to prisons across the country to begin dialogues with convicted criminals and
kidnappers beginning with Evans the billionaire kidnapper so they are also
granted amnesty since many of such convicted persons did not kill as much as
the Zamfara bandits who have suddenly become the ‘good boys’ and play things of
those in the corridors of power.
“The perfidy and a grave act of
treachery against the Nigerian constitution also amounted to a desecration of
the sacred oath of office sworn to by the speaker to uphold the sanctity of the
Nigerian constitution just as HURIWA said irreparable damage would be done to
the constitution should the speaker not be sanctioned.”
The Rights group stated that
since the report broke, it waited for the Speaker to deny it but it would seem
that the press may have written a true reflection of what happened unless otherwise
contradicted with superior information to the contrary.
“Holding meetings with bloody
killers and mass murderers is high treason and this show of legislative
rascality and the celebration of impunity which the reported and alleged
meeting between speaker Gbajabiamila and bandits represents have sent danger
signals all around the globe that Nigeria is now an actively failed state.”
HURIWA recalled that Gbajabiamila
reportedly met bandits’ commanders and the volunteer local vigilance groups
known as ‘Yan Sakai, the two groups responsible for banditry activities in
Zamfara State.
As credited to a section of the
media, Gbajabiamila had described the dialogue and peace initiative of the
Zamfara State government which brought together the two warring groups together
at a round table as a great feat that would lead to everlasting peace in
Zamfara State.
The speaker was speaking at the
Government House, Gusau, while on a one-day working visit to Zamfara to
ascertain the security problems in the state and meet stakeholders to seek
lasting solutions to the ugly menace in the state.
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Why would he not, he recently sold his soul to the devil who has had his body for so long. Is he not the one that converted to islam so he will be speaker? daniska.
ReplyDeleteSupported. It is so shameful that we allow the dredge of the society to take positions of honour in our country. someone as dishonest as gbajabiamila should be hiding his face in shame and staying out of the way of the law but he just converted to islam and bought immunity for himself under buhari. shame.
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