Atiku Berates Presidency’s Crude Use of Security Operatives
Former Vice President and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar has slammed President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration for its unimpressive methods of harassing political opponents.
Atiku, who was addressing the chaos that occurred at the National Assembly on Thursday when heavily armed security operatives prevented Speaker Aminu Tambuwal from entering into the House of Assembly complex, released a statement through his media office, saying:
“Obviously, the emergency rule has failed to stem the unrest. The Federal Government must work with, rather than against those who understand and have been elected by the people to govern.”
The former vice president also said the President’s actions spelt doom for the future of the country’s democracy. He also said he was not surprised as the President “did not participate in the costly struggle that brought our present democracy into being”.
“This crisis highlights the absolute failure of the current PDP’s idea of government: arrogant, indifferent and incompetent.
“What is happening at the National Assembly taken together with what unfolded today (Thursday) at the Ekiti House of Assembly is totally strange. It is not the democracy we fought for; for which many of our compatriots paid for with their lives. These free-riders should not be allowed to destroy what others built with their sweat and blood.
“It is not too late, however, for President Jonathan to pull the plug on these assaults to our democracy because it is inconceivable that the show of shame at the National Assembly is what he wanted as a birthday present.”
