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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday criticized the searching of the official vehicle of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, by soldiers in Kaduna.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by Mr Chris Uyot, the Acting General Secretary of the congress.
"The search violated the honour of his office and we demand that disciplinary proceedings be commenced against those responsible for the search,’’ it said.
The congress said it believed that nobody’s car was above being searched if it was in pursuance of genuine security.
It further said that, if this was the intention, the Speaker or his CSO ought to have been in the know since the aim was to secure him and members of his entourage.
"In such circumstances, the customary practice would have been to spirit away Mr Speaker from his car. The soldiers evidently did nothing of the sort because there was neither latent nor manifest danger. The treatment given to Mr Speaker seems to suggest threat, and it was intended to humiliate him,’’ said the congress.
The statement cautioned against using of soldiers to settle political scores, no matter how deep.
It called on the political class to know that one of the fastest ways of undermining democracy was to use soldiers to do their bidding in furtherance of their ambition.
#NLC #Tambuwal
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by Mr Chris Uyot, the Acting General Secretary of the congress.
"The search violated the honour of his office and we demand that disciplinary proceedings be commenced against those responsible for the search,’’ it said.
The congress said it believed that nobody’s car was above being searched if it was in pursuance of genuine security.
It further said that, if this was the intention, the Speaker or his CSO ought to have been in the know since the aim was to secure him and members of his entourage.
"In such circumstances, the customary practice would have been to spirit away Mr Speaker from his car. The soldiers evidently did nothing of the sort because there was neither latent nor manifest danger. The treatment given to Mr Speaker seems to suggest threat, and it was intended to humiliate him,’’ said the congress.
The statement cautioned against using of soldiers to settle political scores, no matter how deep.
It called on the political class to know that one of the fastest ways of undermining democracy was to use soldiers to do their bidding in furtherance of their ambition.
#NLC #Tambuwal
