Call for Impeachment: PDP Condemns Attack on Senator Urhoghide by APC Thugs - CNR
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Sunday condemned the Friday attack on Senator Matthew Urhoghide (PDP- Edo South) by the All Progressives Congress, APC youths at the Benin Airport, describing it as completely inexcusable.
The party said they are 'miffed that the APC has degenerated to the level of misdirecting its youths and unleashing them to attack and mete out violence on law-abiding citizens including a senator of the Federal Republic'.
In a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan expressed shock that the attack on the Senator happened before the watchful eyes of high-ranking police officers in the state.
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"We are equally irked that the attack happened in the full glare of high-ranking police officers in the state, who did nothing to protect the lawmaker but adopted an aloofness that emboldened the APC youths.
"We note that such brazen attack is recipe for wide-scale violence. But for the restraint exhibited by the PDP youths and supporters of Senator Urhoghide, there would have been a breakdown of law and order at the airport and which might even extend to other parts of the state.
The PDP maintained its stance in "commending Senator Urhoghide for his courage in standing for the Nigerian people to move the motion for the Senate to investigate President Muhammadu Buhari for alleged violations of our constitution".
"We are equally irked that the attack happened in the full glare of high-ranking police officers in the state, who did nothing to protect the lawmaker but adopted an aloofness that emboldened the APC youths.
"We note that such brazen attack is recipe for wide-scale violence. But for the restraint exhibited by the PDP youths and supporters of Senator Urhoghide, there would have been a breakdown of law and order at the airport and which might even extend to other parts of the state.
The PDP maintained its stance in "commending Senator Urhoghide for his courage in standing for the Nigerian people to move the motion for the Senate to investigate President Muhammadu Buhari for alleged violations of our constitution".
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"The fact that the Senate and of course the House of Representatives voted in favour of the investigation shows that the motion was in tandem with the mood of the nation as well as the wishes and aspirations of the Nigerian people.
"The attack on Senator Urhoghide therefore shows the intolerance and deployment of unpatriotic acts by agents of the APC, including the invasion of the Senate and forceful removal of the mace, to intimidate the parliament and destroy our democracy.
"The fact that the Senate and of course the House of Representatives voted in favour of the investigation shows that the motion was in tandem with the mood of the nation as well as the wishes and aspirations of the Nigerian people.
"The attack on Senator Urhoghide therefore shows the intolerance and deployment of unpatriotic acts by agents of the APC, including the invasion of the Senate and forceful removal of the mace, to intimidate the parliament and destroy our democracy.
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"The APC must however come to terms with the fact that no amount of attack and intimidation will stop Nigerians in their determination to vote out President Buhari from office, come 2019", the party maintained.
"The APC must however come to terms with the fact that no amount of attack and intimidation will stop Nigerians in their determination to vote out President Buhari from office, come 2019", the party maintained.
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