Senator Saraki Condemns Police, Lawmakers’ Clash

The dust raised by the encounter between the Police and members of the House of Representatives at the National Assembly during the week may not … Continue reading Senator Saraki Condemns Police, Lawmakers’ Clash


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SarakiThe dust raised by the encounter between the Police and members of the House of Representatives at the National Assembly during the week may not settle any time soon.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment, Bukola Saraki, says the attempt to stop the lawmakers from gaining entrance into the chambers was a display of impunity which is uncalled for in a democracy.

Speaking to Channels Television on the sideline of an environment summit in New York, Senator Saraki said, “If you go by this activity where law and order, constitution, nobody wants to listen and people just want to write their own rules, then I’m worried for next year election.

“There should be a level playing field, people should go and express their rights and whoever wins wins but its clear that some people just don’t want to follow the rules.

“Otherwise, where does the police go to a parliament? Where in the world?

“Its just a total abuse of the democracy and its not just on the parliament, its on all of us,”

“If you can do that, then what stops you on the day of election when some people just decide these are the results…and they don’t care? That kind of impunity must stop.”