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Buhari inviting anarchy, Ekiti Reps say

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Buhari inviting anarchy, Ekiti Reps say

The six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives members from Ekiti State have warned that President Muhammadu Buhari is inviting anarchy.

The members were reacting to last Friday’s invasion of the Ekiti State House of Assembly by armed operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), describing it as “criminal desecration of the scared hallowed chamber which must be condemned by all lovers of democracy in the world.”

The lawmakers, in a statement on Monday, also admonished the DSS to stay with its constitutional roles of protecting Nigeria against domestic threats by providing other security agencies with enough intelligence.

The lawmakers also added that the DSS under President Buhari has taken over the duties of the police, military, civil defence, immigration and other security agencies.

The statement, signed by Honourables Kehinde Agboola (Ekiti North I), Thaddeus Aina (Ekiti North II), Ayo Oladimeji (Ekiti Central I), Olamide Oni (Ekiti Central II), Segun Adekola (Ekiti South I) and Akin Awodumila (Ekiti South II), reiterated their support for the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, describing him as “the emerging face of opposition politics in Nigeria.”

The Reps also said the Presidency was using the DSS to torment the government and people of Ekiti State because of Governor Fayose’s critical stance on the Buhari’s government, saying; “Any attempt to muscle opposition in a democracy is a direct invitation to anarchy.”

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The statement read in part, “For instance, what is the business of the DSS with election funding? Is the DSS now INEC, EFCC or ICPC? Is the DSS the police that it is now arresting people for mere political disagreements?

“We even read that the DSS is investigating academic qualifications of some members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly and political appointees and we don’t understand the relationship between the internal security of Nigeria that the DSS is to protect and academic qualifications of political appointees.

“We therefore wish to warn that Ekiti State should not be included in the comity of PDP controlled States that the APC led Federal Government intends to destabilise because the people, who overwhelmingly elected Ayodele Fayose as their governor are always ready to defend their choice.

“We also wish to express our solidarity with the State House of Assembly and the 26 PDP members. They should know that they are not alone in this battle to sustain democracy in Ekiti State. We are with them,” the Reps said.

 

 

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