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NASS SIEGE: APC joins chorus of condemnation
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has joined other Nigerians in condemning Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS.
The party, in a statement issued by its acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, said it dissociates itself from the brigandage and affront on the sacred symbol of the country’s budding democracy.
The statement reads in part: “Our Party wholly dissociates itself from any act of brigandage and affront on the sacred symbols of our budding democracy.
“Our Party remains a law abiding political organisation and advises every constituent part to abide by the tenets of our constitution and our democracy.
“Whilst our contention with the leadership of the National Assembly as currently constituted is a matter of public record, we still believe that the legislature as an independent arm of government must be allowed free reign for vibrant contestation of ideas and values amongst its members within the context of their constitutional mandate and for the benefit of the Nigerian people.
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“We call for a more harmonious working relationship between the various Arms of Government in the general interest of the country.”
It would be recalled that the party had earlier on Tuesday exonerated its National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of any complicity in the invasion.
It also, in the statement earlier, said the party was also monitoring the developments at the National Assembly just like every concerned Nigerian.
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