Recall Natasha now, Ezekwesili writes Akpabio, other senators, judiciary

By Henry Umoru

ABUJA- FORMER Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has taken a swipe astatine the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio and different Senators connected the handling of the lawsuit of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, PDP, Kogi Central, asking the Senate to, arsenic a substance of urgency, rescind its unconstitutional determination instantly and callback her.

According to her, the Senate should, without delay, cease what she described arsenic scandalous misappropriation of nationalist bureau powers to interruption laws and breach the nation’s Constitution, adding that the lawmakers should show that Nigeria’s committedness to justice, law governance, and regularisation of instrumentality was substantive, not rhetorical and extremity this hubris now.

Ezekwesili, who is the Founder, SPPG- School of Politics, Policy and Governance, portion accusing the highest lawmaking assemblage of the state of starring a misadventure to destruct the regularisation of instrumentality and Nigeria’s democracy, urged Nigerians to unify their voices and instrumentality a corporate basal against this continuing law assault, saying six months of this situation is already excessively many.

In a memo to the Nigerian Senate, judiciary and chap citizens, Ezekwesili who noted that ideology dies erstwhile laws go weapons and lawmakers go seerial lawbreakers, warned that erstwhile the Senate became some accuser and justice successful matters involving its leadership, accountability disappeared connected this matter, adding that the President of the Senate and 106 Senators are not much almighty than Nigeria’s people.

The missive read, “The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is simply a covenant betwixt authorities and governed. Article 6 establishes the judiciary arsenic guardian of law rights. Section 4 defines legislative powerfulness limits. Section 14 enshrines the regularisation of instrumentality arsenic democracy’s foundation. These are binding obligations, not suggestions.

“The highest lawmaking assemblage of our Land is starring a misadventure to destruct the regularisation of instrumentality and our Democracy.

“When the Senate became some accuser and justice successful matters involving its leadership, accountability disappeared connected this matter. Recall however the Senate Ethics Committee chairman, declared Akpoti-Uduaghan’s petition “dead connected arrival” earlier investigation, stating “Akpabio could not person committed intersexual harassment.” That prejudgment revealed a strategy designed to support powerfulness alternatively than prosecute truth.

“Some radical disregard this lawsuit arsenic an ‘unserious idiosyncratic quarrel’ irrelevant to suffering Nigerians. Such a presumption terribly misunderstands the stakes. The Akpoti-Uduaghan versus Akpabio substance reveals however those entrusted with law powerfulness enactment with impunity.

“The Constitution grants citizens much powerfulness than those successful office. However, erstwhile bulk of our citizens stay unconcerned alternatively of demanding accountability collectively, law breaches similar Senate President Akpabio’s volition proceed to compound and endanger all.

“This lawsuit transcends 1 Senator oregon constituency—it concerns our democracy’s psyche and our corporate work to support it. If a duly elected Senator tin beryllium silenced for exercising law rights to petition and speak, what extortion exists for mean citizens?

“Democracy thrives erstwhile citizens garbage to beryllium soundless spectators to injustice. When we let 1 citizen’s rights to beryllium trampled, we alteration maltreatment of our antiauthoritarian freedoms. As Thomas Jefferson taught: the terms of state is eternal vigilance.

“I had to constitute this memo contempt my considered determination to halt wasting my effort connected an evidently unreasonable governmental class. There is capable crushed to judge that those successful powerfulness person chosen self-destruction, and nary counsel tin halt them.

“Yet I marque 1 much effort to caution against this latest antiauthoritarian assault.

“To the Senate and Senators: Rescind your unconstitutional determination immediately. Recall Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan without delay. Cease your scandalous misappropriation of nationalist bureau powers to interruption laws and breach our Constitution. Demonstrate that Nigeria’s committedness to justice, law governance, and regularisation of instrumentality is substantive, not rhetorical. End this hubris now.

“To Fellow Nigerians: Unify our voices and instrumentality a corporate basal against this continuing law assault. Six months of this situation is already excessively many.

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