The Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the National Assembly’s threat to impeach
President Muammadu Buhari.
It also
fingered Senate President, Bukola Saraki as the one who instigated his
colleagues.
Prof Ishaq
Akintola, in a statement on Wednesday, said the group was irked by the constant
propensity of Nigerian lawmakers to armtwist the executive.
“We condemn
acts of legislative brigandage and parliamentary subjugation of the executive.
It is a rape on the democratic principle of separation of powers”, MURIC noted.
“We are
inclined to believe that the latest threat of impeachment is not unconnected
with the current travails of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
“This
attempt to turn the heat on Buhari particularly at this material time is
nothing short of armtwisting, blackmail and parliamentary terrorism. Senate
should remain neutral in a criminal case and allow the law to take its due
course.
“The rule of
law necessitates equality before the law. This means no Nigerian citizen is
above the law. Even those who have immunity today may have to answer for any
misdemeanor after leaving office. Nigerian lawmakers have a duty to respect the
rule of law if indeed they are conscious of their status and committed to their
parliamentary duties.
“The NASS
will further ridicule the hallowed chambers if it should go ahead with this
ignoble idea of impeaching the Nigerian president. Already, the whole world
knows the true story particularly as it relates to the war against corruption.
“MURIC
alerts Nigerians to brace up for the last struggle to liberate the masses from
the clutches of capitalist compradore bourgeoisie in the NASS who are bent on
frustrating the efforts of the current administration to make life more
abundant for the common man. The Nigerian people must tighten their seat belts.
We cannot afford to watch in silence while identified oppressors seek to
eliminate our liberator.
“While MURIC
will not play politics with the Saraki-police saga, we must stand up for the
truth. Neither must we be afraid to say it as it is. Though not as graphic, we
may have a similitude of the S. T. Oredein tragedy in the Bacita robbery of
1971 in the days of Kam Salem as the Inspector General of Police. Is history
repeating itself this time around as a farce or as a tragedy? Time will tell.
”We contend
that participation in crime cannot be limited to activities at the scene of
crime. Neither can we extenuate or totally write off the offence of those who
facilitate the empowerment of criminals to the extent that the latter is able
to use the proceeds of empowerment to commit a crime.
“Nobody in
his right senses will dismiss the confessions of criminals who provide both
historical and pictorial evidence of long association with high profile
politicians particularly crimes in which several lives have been lost over
decades.”
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