Hon. Cletus Obun, the Action Congress(AC) Cross River State Chairman has said that the nation is gradually drifting apart. He queried: “ What is the ruling PDP doing with our revered constitution where there is no Commander-in-chief?PDP is committing treason, and every person who has spoken in support of the fact that the president can rule from anywhere should be on trial for treason; for me Aondokaa should have been facing treason charge for now as the Chief Law Officer of this country.”
Hon. Obun, who is a former member of the Cross River House of Assembly lashed out at the proponents of president Yar Adua ruling from abroad saying “this is a complete recipe for disintegration and we don’t need anybody to announce to us on radio that the constitution has been flouted.
We don’t operate the constitution anymore,” adding “If this country is tired of staying together, let everyone go to his tent. We have no share in the house of PDP. We have no share in the government of PDP, because we are being ridiculed intentionally, and I do not think this is what we pray for. This is not what Awo, Zik, Balewa, Sar Aduana, Abiola and others fought for.”
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Constitutional crisis resulting from absence of the president
Much has been said in this matter. But what has not been said about the absence of the president is that Nigeria is now operating a state of anarchy. We are operating in the present time in animal kingdom and even worse than that. Not even in the enlightened animal specie of the monkey category where we are supposed to come from.
You only need to go and watch a group of monkeys and you will know they have a leader. But to have a country like Nigeria with 140 million people, and no leader.
The leader runs away and abdicates his throne, and responsibilities expecting the country to go down with him.
Some have even compared him to a Sampson syndrome; this is beyond a Sampson syndrome because Sampson consciously addressed himself. But we have a situation where there is no Commander-in-Chief. So PDP is committing treason, and every person who has spoken in support of the fact that the president can rule from anywhere should be on trial for treason; for me Aondokaa should have been facing treason charge for now as the Chief Law Officer of this country.
The situation we have found ourselves is saddening and is a quiet invitation to insurrection; a loud and arrogant display of ignorance by PDP and their cohorts at FEC and it is something that Nigerians must not accept. I tell you, each time people mention the word coup, others get the jitters and start blaming those who made mention of it.
But this is a complete recipe for disintegration and we don’t need anybody to announce to us on radio that the constitution has been suspended. We don’t operate the constitution anymore. Somehow there is that kind of breakdown of law and order within the leadership of the country and it is dangerous to allow a vacuum. Nobody, who has fought for this country in any small way, shed blood, lost his liberty even for one hour, will like what is happening to us now.
This country cannot be entrusted to those who even fought against this democracy , and today they want it to collapse again, because they paid no price for it. Look at the cabinet that is being paraded. Most of those people sitting down with Yar’Adua, sat with Abacha and said that there was no way for democracy; that Abacha should rule this country. The Maduekwe’s of this world are still sitting and today they are the ones deciding on whether or not we should have a constitution. If you give him a chance, he will resurrect Abacha.
Those are the people we are now asking to do the right thing. Do they have principles and morality? Nigeria has the misfortune of having such kinds of people being recycled on a daily basis. They are all pretending to have the principles that hold the country together. They have nothing to show, and at every turn, they do everything for the for this country to crumble with them.
I do not know what we are waiting for. For me, the time is overdue for these people to be put into prison. Alhaji Shehu Shagari and his NPN did not do one-third of what PDP is doing to Nigeria presently. These are people who should be put on trial for treason.
Jonathan in Yar’Adua’s shoes
That is an illegality. So why did they need to take the budget for his signature in Saudi Arabia? Can Jonathan command the army to go to war against external enemies? If we are invaded today, can Goodluck Jonathan send an army? If the Army Chief goes without an order from the Commander-in-Chief, it is again treasonable. So the simple thing is that PDP has suspended the Nigerian constitution. Why is it so difficult for the Nigerian Senate made up of PDP to take a decision on this matter?
Yes, the senate has taken a step to give a time limit within which a letter must be transmitted, the House of Representatives should follow suit. And when you talk about the option that are on the card, if the man is not willing to go with honour, he should be sent away with disdain; and with the kind of criminal intent which he wants to put the country into. It is the opinion of the senate and if for seventy days (going to three months) a president is not seen for any reason under the sun and technically speaking they are not aware why he is out, it is an impeachable offence. So whichever way they turn the matter, it is clear that they are suspending the Constitution.
The Constitution does not leave any ambiguity as to what should happen in a situation like this. In this country, Kutigi was going on retirement, he handed over to Katsina-Alu the present Chief Justice of the Federation who was second to him. In this country before now, we would have had that done.Why is this one difficult? Why is it impossible? There is no reason under the sun why the ruling party should be taking this country for a ride, and I think we have had enough of this contradiction.
If this country is tired of staying together, let everyman go to his tent. We have no share in the house of PDP. We have no share in the government of PDP because we are being ridiculed -intentionally and I do not think this is what we pray for. This is what Awo, Zik, Balewa, Sar Aduana, Abiola and others fought for.
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