Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode , has urged the
federal government to query Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State for his
recent media remarks where he allegedly said the opposition would form a
parallel government if President Goodluck Jonathan won the 2015 presidential
election, saying that such statement amounts to treason.
Fani-Kayode who made the call Friday in a press conference
in Umuahia , Abia State, after his two-day visit to the state also expressed
disappointment over the commotion at the National Assembly complex on Thursday,
accusing the lawmakers of breaking the law and disgracing the country.
“For the first time in the history of our country I saw
elected legislators attempting to break down wall, attempting to break down gates.
I saw them scaling the gate. I saw some of them in torn clothes, struggling
through the police lines, I saw them breaking the law, and I saw them display
the highest level of indiscipline and lack of respect for constituted
authority.The former Aviation boss said “some public figures may shy
away from speaking the truth but I will not, no matter whoever is involved .”
“Legislators took the law into their own hands. Broke down
gates, jumped through the gates, fought the police and created commotion and
shameful acts. “If this were to be in any other country particularly
America or Uk that for whatever reasons a line was drawn by the police and
security agencies, and individuals no matter how high or how much respected or
loved chose to defy them and cross the lines, injured some policemen ( because
the IG told me on phone this morning that some police men were injured), and
they defied the police , went through the tear gas, and ignored the warnings ,
the police would have been forced to use a very high degree of force.
He commended security agencies for their maturity in
handling the situation, and noted it was a testimony to the fact that the
Nigerian police were very restrained to have allowed the lawmakers to cross the
lines.Kayodey argued that if the lawmakers were not satisfied with
their being locked out of the national assembly complex by security
agencies, they would have rather gone to seek redress in the court than take
the laws into their hands.
“Again when you look at the comments made by my old
friend, Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, I am alarmed, I am deeply
disturbed and discouraged. He said that if PDP comes back in 2015 that not only
would they make the country ungovernable, they would also set up a parallel
government, and that there would be anarchy in this country,” ha said.
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