FOLLOWING the siege by men of the police and the Department of State Security (DSS) at the residences of Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, the National Chairman of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has called on Nigerians to speak out as he believes that Nigerian’s democracy is under attack.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday which was personally signed by him, he said the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is using state security apparatus of the DSS, Army and the Nigerian police to attack the National Assembly with the aim of forcibly overthrowing the National Assembly leadership and rendering the third arm of government comatose.
He said Saraki, Ekweremadu and other distinguished senators are currently under severe assault from security agencies.
The party boss added: “It now a known fact that democracy has now collapsed in Nigeria and we are now under a totalitarian and fascist government with no appetite for the opposition.
“President Muhammadu Buhari is a beneficiary of democratic election into power and since he took over on May 29th 2015 he has done nothing but destroy every fabric of democracy and the rule of law.
“We hereby call on all Nigerians home and abroad to immediately speak up against this act of gross violation of the constitution of Nigerian and the attempt disruption of the Democratic process and institutions by President Muhammadu Buhari and privatized members of the Nigerian security agencies.
“We call on all traditional rulers in Nigeria, the international community and all well-meaning Nigerians to rise up against the antics of President Muhammadu Buhari to forestall a possible derailment of our democracy. The time to act is now.”
and then