Nigeria’s former head of state General Muhammadu
Buhari (retd) has reportedly taken a swipe at the
Nigerian police force. Buhari, who is a leading Presidential aspirant on the
platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), blasted
the police for invading the National Assembly on
Thursday.
The former head of state made the condemnation at the
APC national secretariat in Abuja, when he returned his
nomination and expression of interest forms to seek the
party’s ticket ahead of the 2015 general elections, Daily
Independent reports.
Buhari, who described that invasion of the National
Assembly as distressing said: “It is a distressing situation
where those who are supposed to protect the
constitution are the ones that are undermining it.” “The House Representative and Senate House are sacred
places; they shouldn’t go there as members of law
enforcement agencies much less fire teargas and
harassing them, they are breaking down and
undermining the constitution and if they are doing that,
who is going to correct?” he questioned. The retired Army General thanked the APC National
chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, and other leaders of the
party for making themselves available for the event.
However, the former Secretary to Akwa Ibom State
Government Mr Umana Umana, who has a desire to
dump to the All Progressive Congress (APC) recently
took a swipe at General Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as mentally unstable. Buhari who is a Presidential Candidate under the platform of APC had already contested twice for the Presidential position but lost on both occasions.