Secondus, Atiku decry siege on Saraki, Ekweremadus homes
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similarly a former vice president atiku abubakar in a statement by his media office also called for stop to the persecution of national assembly leadership1 the national chairman peoples democratic party pdp mr uche secondus has condemned tuesday morning security siege on the abuja residences of senate president bukola saraki and his deputy ike ekweremadu1 he said that directorate of state services dss army and the police had attacked the national assembly with the aim of forcibly overthrowing its leadership and rendering it comatose1 the senate president dr bukola saraki his deputy ike ekweremadu and other distinguished senators are currently under severe assault from security agencies1 it is now a known fact that democracy have now collapsed in nigeria and we are now under a totalitarian and fascist government with no appetite for opposition secondus said1 he called on all nigerians home and abroad to immediately speak up against the act he described as gross violation of the constitution of nigeria1 the chairman also called on all traditional rulers in nigeria the international community and all well-meaning nigerians to rise against the antics to forestall possible derailment of democracy saying the time to act is now1 secondus in a statement issued on tuesday in abuja described the development as attack on democracy using state security apparatus1 the news of the siege on the residences of the senate president bukola saraki and his deputy ike ekweremadu is both troubling and unsettling1 no democratic nation ought to treat the leadership of its parliament like common criminals in the course of a political disagreement1 i remind the powers that be that on aug. 31 2013 when sen. bukola saraki walked out of the pdp and began the process of joining the all progressives congress there was celebration in their camps1 i also remind them that their electoral victory which they have so badly mismanaged today would not have been possible without the senate president1 power is transient and is also a trust that should only be used for the good and advancement of the people one leads and not for the persecution of real and imagined political opponents1 i therefore call for the lifting of the sieges on the persons and homes of saraki and his deputy ekweremadu by security forces1 abubakar urged president muhammadu buhari to live up to his words after sarakis ordeal which was brought to a halt by the supreme court1