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Kogi Guber: PDP Reps Caucus Urges NASS, CSOs, Others To Defend Democracy

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Oct 27, 2019.

The Peoples Democratic Party PDP, House of Representative Caucus has called on the National Assembly, Chief Security Officers and well meaning Nigerians to defend democracy.
This call was made ahead of the gubernatorial election in Kogi state slated for November 16 and the recent impeachment of the Deputy Governor of the state, Elder Simon Achuba.
It could be recalled that the deputy governor was impeached by the state house assembly on alleged misconduct like week.
His impeachment has however, attracted criticisms from all quarters describing it as abuse on the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The PDP caucus made the call in a press statement jointly signed by the PDP caucus leader, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, the Deputy Leader, Hon. Chukwuka Onyema, Chief Whip, Hon. Yakubu Bardr and the Deputy, Hon. Muraina Ajibola on Thursday in Abuja.
The caucus called for immediate reinstatement of the impeached Deputy Governor stressing that, the impeachment was a total gross violation of constitutional norms and democratic conventions.
The statement reads “No doubt, the impeachment process and inglorious part played by members of the Kogi State House of Assembly I’d a travesty of justice and tantamounts to a constitutional breach on their part and same must be condemned and decisive action taken in order to save our democracy, due and the rule of law from its final ‘burial rites’ in Nigeria under APC rule.
“We cannot and must not stand aloof and watch democracy so badly debased in out could try because as rightly stated in the immutable words of Professor Whole Soyinka in his prison notes ” the Man dies in him who keeps quiet in the face of tyranny and oppression.
“Indeed, to remain silent in the face of these invidious governmental actions and executive rascality in Kogi State and in several other places across the country would amount to the greatest disservice yo our nation.
“We must, therefore, all rise up to defend democracy, due process and the rule of law and by implication defend the sanctity of our country.
“The time to act is now! And fast we must act! We hereby call for the immediate reinstatement of Mr. Simon Achuba ad Deputy Governor of Kogi State. We also urge the National Assembly, civil society groups and all well-meaning Nigerians to act now and save our democracy from total collapse.”