The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described the outburst of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association to force out the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, from office, as ominous and revealing.
Consequently, the PDP has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sanction and order arrest of the Miyetti Allah leader without any further delay.
National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement said the “unguarded statement by Miyetti Allah has exposed the synergy between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and some troublesome elements, which are being used to stoke division and create violent crisis that had resulted into daily bloodlettings in various parts of the country.
He said, “It is now abundantly clear to Nigerians that those fomenting crisis, including the bloody clashes in Benue, Taraba, Zamfara, Nassarawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Edo, Borno, Yobe, Enugu, Kogi, Adamawa and other states in our country, have political backers, who now want to channel them to achieve their unpatriotic quest to subvert our Constitution and forcefully take over the National Assembly”.
He said that “Before now, to majority of Nigerians, the Miyetti Allah has always represented the military wing of the APC and the Buhari Presidency. It is incontrovertible that they have now become the fourth arm of government that can determine when and how to forcefully remove the number three citizen, the President of the Senate”.
“It is common knowledge that Mr. President has come under heavy public criticisms on how his body language has condoned the unguarded utterances and actions of these characters,” Ologbondiyan further said.
The PDP spokesman added, “In the light of these treasonable and inciting utterances by Miyetti Allah, we demand that President Muhammadu Buhari, should within the next 24 hours, order the arrest and commence immediate trial of the leadership of this group, otherwise Nigerians will henceforth hold him directly responsible for the utterances and actions of the Miyetti Allah.”
The PDP also admitted that it is aware that Miyetti Allah does not represent the views and interests of the vast majority of cattle breeders or even any ethnic group in the country.
The party therefore urges all good spirited Nigerians to rise in condemnation of the actions and utterances of these misguided elements, who are being used to attempt a constitutional breach that portends grave danger to national cohesion and our hard earned democracy.
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