omenka:
We have a problem of institutionalised corruption in the system, and now Jonathan has institutionalised impunity amongst our security agencies. This is really terrible!! Since when did it become the duty of the police chief to interpret the constitution

The damage Jonathan's style of politics/leadership has injected into our national life would take years to undo!!

I weep for my country.

Sunnybobo3:


The speaker or senate president is the one empowered to declare a seat vacant. In the case of Tambuwal, he satisfied that requirement by announcing his defection on the floor of the house.

chukwudi44:


IS TREASON BAILABLE!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK TAMBUWAL IS DOING BY IMPERSONATING THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOR

ilugunboy:
This IG will eventually become the scapegoat to be sacrifice by GEJ......

Demdem:


And u think an IGP will go ahead to carry out a gustapo operation like that without aso rock knowing. U sound very gullible.
Anyway, IGP is answerable to him

wakacome:
I like your mature response...keep it up...now back to the matter,do you still think in this case the IGP still has the right to interpret that part of the constitution??

wakacome:
hello ooooo,it is the COURT that has the right to interpret the constitution and not the IG.....so why is the IG doing the job of the court??

victorels:

The IGP Shouldn't have gone for the invitation. The aggrieved should have charged the case to court if he feel deprived of his right like when his security aid was withdrawn.
The IGP have just reduced his power by attending such invitation that was not to probe their financial activities.

Adetula1:
same way the ''honorable's'' took over the job of thieves and thugs by jumping the fence

tuborme:
The court only attends to the complainant, the APC refused to complain when their members defected....PDP presently has a case against its members who defected to the APC in the court. The court's inability to make a pronouncement on the matter is the reason for the current constitional crisis. In the developed world, the defection of any member of parliament automatically causes an election for the lawmaker's seat.

The reason is because people are expected to vote lawmakers based on their party leaning and party manifestos and not personality. When a conservative zone votes in a member because of his conservative party, and he defects to a liberal party later...it is believed that the conservative view of the majority of that zone is no longer being represented.

We need to get things right in this country so that democracy can work for us.

wakacome:
Then what is the purpose of the court since the police is allowed to do that??

tuborme:
The court only attends to the complainant, the APC refused to complain when their members defected....PDP presently has a case against its members who defected to the APC in the court. The court's inability to make a pronouncement on the matter is the reason for the current constitional crisis. In the developed world, the defection of any member of parliament automatically causes an election for the lawmaker's seat.

The reason is because people are expected to vote lawmakers based on their party leaning and party manifestos and not personality. When a conservative zone votes in a member because of his conservative party, and he defects to a liberal party later...it is believed that the conservative view of the majority of that zone is no longer being represented.

We need to get things right in this country so that democracy can work for us.

Demdem:


But the same constitution didn't regard former APGA reps that decamped to pdp as ex members eh.
Hypocrite, run along now and go find ur gullible kind.

Sunnybobo3:


Section 68 (g) (1) is very clear and unambiguous. Maybe the police should also wait for the court to declare someone caught robbing a robber before arresting him.

lekejob:
I don't think we have any honourable in the house, pls let d man go. Or what will u call somebody that jump the fence?

Demdem:
House members recognise their speaker as Tambuwal, who the Ffuck is the police chief to think otherwise?

Reski:
Must you comment? How ignorant can you be.

wakacome:
Then what is the purpose of the court since the police is allowed to do that??

Demdem:
House members recognise their speaker as Tambuwal, who the Ffuck is the police chief to think otherwise?

Sunnybobo3:


The IG didn't interpret that part of the constitution as it's very clear and unambiguous and hence requires no interpretation.

Then can I say that since the constitution does not permit 7 members of 26 members to impeach a speaker as it happened at ekiti state then it means the police should not have allowed the impeachment to happen in the house because police men where all over thereor the police can only execute the law only when the president or their boss is favoured??I hate the HYPOCRISY of the IGP

wakacome:
Then what is the purpose of the court since the police is allowed to do that??

Nctrice:
The Court? Just in case you don't know or maybe you have forgotten or maybe you just chose to ignore it! The Court is the cause of all of this from the first place, because if the court has been able to categorically tell politicians and Nigerians in general if a house member is to lose his or her seat, if he or she defects to another party, all of this drama would have been greatly reduced... instead for months now the Court and it's Corrupt set of judges has not been able to interpret that very issue for us, the first case is still in court till tomorrow! And here you are calling the Court in this! Am not saying anybody should take laws into their hands but the court can't help on this one abeg

Obiagelli:
Only in my country will a police officer raise his voice over elected members of the house of assembly. Nonsense