The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday slammed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila over his alleged threat on the Minority leader-designate of the Party, Hon Kingsley Chinda over the crisis rocking the green Chamber.
In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, it condemned the outburst and demanded that the Speaker should “retract his inciting threats against Hon. Chinda within the next 24 hours”.
The Party also urged the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) to summon Hon. Gbajabiamila to explain the intents of his threats.
According to the Party, ” l watched with utter shock and dismay as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, in the open chamber, jettisoned all parliamentary procedure to make hate statement, inciting comment and direct threats to the bona fide Leader of the Minority in the House, Hon Kingsley Chinda, for no justifiable reason
” Hon. Gbajabiamila, in the open chamber, exhibited personal hostility, with threats that Hon. Chinda will ‘regret’ taking his rightful seat as the bona fide Leader of the Minority in the House
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” This vicious outburst by Hon. Gbajabiamila is a direct threat and affront to our democratic order, the rights of the minority members in the House of Representatives, the people of Obio/Akpo Federal Constituency and sensibility of millions of members of the PDP who nominated Hon. Chinda as Minority Leader
” The PDP, in the strongest terms, condemns this outburst and demands that the Speaker retracts his inciting threats against Hon. Chinda within the next 24 hours
” The PDP also invites the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to summon Hon. Gbajabiamila to explain the intents of his threats
“Our party further invites Nigerians to hold Hon. Gbajabiamila directly responsible should any harm suddenly comes to Hon. Chinda, any member of his family or any member of the PDP in the House of Representatives
” It is indeed unfortunate and completely condemnable that Hon. Gbajabiamila is turning the chamber of the House of Representatives into a theatre of avoidable conflicts just because of his vested interest in the affairs of the opposition”.
The declared that remained committed to rules and the sanctity of the Parliament and as such it would not allow anybody, let alone, the Speaker of the House of Representatives to undermine its right and deny Nigerians a voice in the House
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