Ohaneze youth threaten showdown with AGF over Saraki /Ekwerenmadu
Saraki, Ekweremadu
The Ohanaze youth forum at the weekend threatened a showdown with the
Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) Mr. Abubakar Malami over
planned arraignment of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his
Deputy, Ike Ekwerenmadu on Monday.
The federal government is to arraign the duo over alleged forgery case of the Senate Standing Rules.
Noting that the prosecution was politically induced, the youth in a
statement issued in Abuja on Friday and signed by the co-chairman, Mazi
Okemiri Alex, said that they would mobilize similar groups to scuttle
the arraignment.
They warned the AGF not to touch the deputy senate president, Ekwernmadu who they claimed was their son.
The group also pointed out that the Senate as an independent body had
investigated the case in question and found the presiding officers not
guilty.
They demanded the federal government to allow the national assembly
do its job in the spirit and letters of the principle of separation of
powers.
The statement reads: “The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council is alarmed by
the sudden resurfacing of the arraignment of the Senate President
Bukola Saraki and the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu over the
purported forgery of the Senate 8th session rules.
“In as much as we do not condone any act of illegality, from any
quarters, we make bold to state that the present attempt to arraign
Senator Saraki and Ekweremadu is ill -motivated and politically
induced.
“The issue at stake has been investigated by the Senate and the duo
found guiltless in the past. The Senate is the highest law making body
in the country and the principle of separation of power confer on them
the privilege to internally investigate and even discipline any of their
erring members.
“Also the principle of Separation of powers presupposes that the
three arms of government viz, Executive, legislature and the Judiciary
have a reasonable level of independence, though working in synergy. If
the Senate has not found the duo guilty, is it the Judiciary or the
Executive that should do so.
“We therefore advise the AGF representing the judiciary and the
Executive arm to allow and respect the principle of separation of
powers. In particular our son Senator Ike Ekweremadu is occupying the
highest political office in the South East and should not be unduly
humiliated and embarrassed by these recurring antics. We shall no longer
take this lightly.
“We shall mobilize other like groups all over the country to resist the tyranny of democracy in our country,” It stated.
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