Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto State, has spoken
on plans by the All Progressives
Congress, APC, to impeach Senate President,
Bukola Saraki.
The PDP caucus in the house of representatives
also on Wednesday subsequently raised an alarm that some senators were plotting
to impeach Saraki through the backdoor.
Reacting, Tambuwal speaking at the PDP National
Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja
on Thursday said any attempt to impeach Saraki unconstitutionally will harm Nigeria’s democracy.
According to him: “When I hear that some people
are trying to break into the chambers of the senate to steal the mace and
install a pseudo president of the senate, I wonder whether they actually know
the rules of our democratic engagement. It’s not a Gestapo, we are in
democracy.
“If the senators have confidence in Bukola
Saraki, they should continue to sustain him as president of the senate. And so
be it with Mr. Speaker, Dogara.
“So, nobody should be afraid. There is a process.
And we must respect due process and rule of law. And Nigeria is not a banana
republic. We will not take it from anybody. Let them hear it very clear. If you
try it, we will match out our forces in this country and jam you.
“Because we are talking about democracy. We
cannot afford to allow anybody, no matter how highly placed, to toy with the
future of about 200 million people in this country.
“If Saraki decided change his political party,
there is nothing anybody can do about it.
“The constitution of this
country is very clear that members of the senate and the house of
representatives can choose from among themselves their own president of the
senate or speaker without leaning to any political party.
“Only about three days ago, I did say that
Nigerians will not accept prison-yard democracy. And we cannot afford to allow
our country to drift further. It is not about any interest, it is about this
country. This country is on a cliff. We must retrieve it.”
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