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Forgery case: Nigeria on the road to perdition –Ekweremadu
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has warned that the recent happenings in Nigeria’s democratic process, may be leading the country “down the road to perdition.”
The embattled senator said this while reacting to his and the Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s arraignment, at a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged case of forgery.
While he accused the Federal Government of abusing the doctrines of Separation of Powers and the rule of law, he cautioned that, “It is Senator Bukola Saraki and Senator Ike Ekweremadu today, who knows whose turn it will be next?”
“Let us make no mistake about this, it is not Senator Ike Ekweremadu or Senator Bukola Saraki or the other accused persons that are on trial; rather the hallowed democratic principles of Separation of Powers, Rule of Law, the legislature itself, and indeed democracy are on a ridiculous trial.”
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According to the Deputy Senate President, it was deeply troubling that people who were on oath to uphold the law have declined into “purveyors of falsehood and rumours who seek to smear and tarnish the reputation of law-abiding and responsible citizens as well as cripple the hallowed institutions of democracy.”
“It is all the more disheartening that people who should know better use the colour of their office to pursue private vendetta against people they disagree with. This grotesque display of vindictiveness, arrogance, and mindless targeting of innocent citizens should find no sanctuary in our democracy.
“Using the machinery of justice to create disorder is a dangerous and invidious scheme that ultimately will lead Nigeria down the road to perdition. Mere anarchy is unleashed upon the land, but our courage must not fall apart. No condition is permanent and nothing lasts forever.
“For me, I find great comfort in the immortal words of late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe who said that history will vindicate the just and the wicked will not go unpunished.”
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