No man can be an island unto himself because the entire universe has become a global village where the constant need for human interactions, integration, communal co-operation, cordial communications, and the marriage of arts, cultures and traditions will always occupy the front stage!
There was once upon a time when some socialists/communists ideologically-oriented do-gooders decided to segregate some free people of the world in Russia and China against their wishes from interacting with their kith and kin from across the universe but their plan failed because the wishes of the electorate was not put into consideration while working out their crooked ideologies! Before the close of the 20th Century, the Soviet Union, and the Chinese Republic fell like pack of cards according to the prevailing forces of the common wish of the peoples to interact with other races, dwell in economic comfort and peace with their families!
A similar scenario is now playing out in Nigeria as a disgruntled group of very selfish and greedy politicians of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who did not succeed in rigging the last 2015 General Elections and are now in the opposition, are bent on rocking the boat of democracy! Secession, like the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), Independent People Of Biafra (IPOB), and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), is their sing-song! Shortly before the National Assembly's three-week Ramadan break, the clueless caucus members, 48 of them, released a statement signed by four Senators on 21st June, 2016, that it would no longer "support the APC government until they cease the belligerent attitude towards PDP members".
It has been revealed that there was a clandestine plan by this group of legislators in the upper chambers, to unilaterally heat up the polity and plunge the nation into a fresh economic crisis without seeking any approval from their constituencies! They had neither regard nor respect for the Constitution and the masses of people who normally suffered in the event of needless show of rivalry and power tussle between the two arms of government!

The five-point official complaint against the Executive included,
(a) Unwarranted threats and intimidation to the legislative arm particularly the Senate leadership through illegal deployment of State instruments of coercion and intimidation;
(b) Glaring witch-hunt of the opposition and loop-sided and selective war against corruption especially the freezing of the account of Ayo Fayose, the Ekiti State Governor;
(c) Probing of campaign funds which should not be limited to the PDP but extended to the All Progressives Congress (APC);
(d) Accusation of Executive acts of lawlessness typical of military dictatorship; and
(e) Need for the APC-led government to concentrate on the existing economic and security challenges that was threatening the survival of the nation.
Although the APC promptly dismissed the accusations and threat by the PDP Senate caucus and had also challenged the group to petition security agents in respect of any of the APC's members involved in corrupt practices, the issues involved are more delicate and sensitive in nature and must be handled with great care!
An African adage states that, "When a bird perches on a rope, both the bird and the rope would be threatened and stressed"; and another states that," If a rat finds it difficult to eat unharvested groundnuts, it would despoil the nuts by digging, scattering and rendering them unfit for consumption"; while yet another states that, “He who is down fears no fall!"
PDP members were desperate to be relevant since they lost woefully in the last general elections and they grabbed with both hands, Saraki's offer of Senate's deputy presidency position to perfect his "coup de tat" for an ephemeral and transient position of life! Though they supervised over the 16 years of institutional corruption (1999-2015), in a free-for-all, roller-coaster, unbridled accumulation of illegal oil wealth that festered competitive rivalry amongst emerging Nigerian multi-billionaires of the 21st Century and also the amassing and proliferation of sophisticated weapons into wrong hands to maintain their status quo, yet they do not want to give account of their stewardship through anti-corruption probes! The kind of insurgency and militancy witnessed in the country during that period in question and till date were not experienced during the 30 years of military rule which proved that the desperate political class of the PDP's ilk cared less whether Nigeria survived or perished and they were quick to fit into the alliance of the APC black sheep who would sell their birthrights for coveted political positions and temporary offices!
The PDP Senate caucus are only 48 bitter Nigerians who are representing themselves and not the 48 Districts within the larger Constituencies of the 170 million population but who are determined to heat up the polity and rock the boat of Nigeria's new democratic government which is being commended globally for its determination to restore the economy through righteousness, probity and accountability if care was not taken!
It is to the credit of this new administration that looted monies and immovable properties illegally acquired, were being returned voluntarily by those who connived with the past PDP Governments to ravage the treasury! It is also to the credit of the Buhari Administration that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), recorded 164 convictions in just one year of the war against corruption which must be intensified!

The Hidden Agenda Of The Caucus!
Grapevine revealed the following: *Vehement opposition against the raging fire of the anti-corruption crusade which was bound to consume most of the PDP politicians who have skeletons in their cupboards! *Disguised support for militancy and continuous criticism of APC's Government inability to improve on the economy and the reverberating new PDP's slogan tagged "CHANGE THE CHANGE"; that the anti corruption crusade should give way for more corruption in 2019, when they believed to "regain power"!
Subtle support for the purported rumour credited to the Niger Delta militants, of a planned military coup against the incumbent administration, by the Nigerian Army, which had been denied by Government and the Military High Command as the figment of the imagination of detractors!
A desperate plan to instigate orchestrated disaffection against the person of President Buhari through allegations that his wife, Aisha Buhari, was involved in the Halliburton Bribe scandal, which indicted three former Nigerian Heads of State, a former Vice President and several high ranking government officials, but which had not been investigated since 2002! Deliberate attack on the health condition and comportment of President Buhari, before, during and after the elections that brought him to office and insinuations that he was not well disposed to rule the country!
And most recently, another smear campaign in respect of President Buhari’s academic qualifications!
There is no doubt that there is a well calculated attempt by the PDP Senate caucus to heat up the polity and truncate the gains so far made by the incumbent administration, but we must advice for uttermost caution by the APC leadership in handling the very delicate and fragile situation which is a time bomb!

Issues To Be Sorted Out Before Next Plenary!
There is divine angle to the imbroglio since God is very patient with His creation whom He preferred should be saved than perish! Those impetuous Senators have been given a window of opportunity to repent since it is very obvious that they had acted without the mandate of their constituents and would never enjoy their approval! All PDP Talakawas are President Buhari's strong supporters!
The Word of God which states that, "If my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land"; (2 Chronicles. 7:14), is very instructive for a moment such as this! We therefore advocate that before the next plenary of the National Assembly slated for 12th July, 2016, a middle ground for reconciliation and amelioration of all grievances must be ploughed for peace to reign and for the economy to improve! The two Parties must unite for the sake of the Nigerian TALAKAWAS!
Since the militants of the Niger Delta region took to vandalization of the crude oil pipelines, economic prosperity of the nation sank more and more into the "miry clay". These renegade Senators are capable of causing similar harm if the Executive stuck to their guns that they could pilot the boat alone! APC should be told that the household enemies within their fold are ready tools to be bought over to truncate Nigeria's nascent democracy because what they failed to achieve during the NASS inauguration by producing all principal officers to form a formidable opposition against the ruling party, could still happen!
All Saraki needed do is to jump ship with the rest of the APC black sheep and return to their parent PDP fold! Before the Rammadan Break, the Senate rejected the Executive List of all Ambassadorial Nominees over the flimsy excuse that it did not follow due process! It was high time both parties worked together in the interest of the suffering masses who are finding it very hard to make ends meet!
In spite of the present economic crunch, the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary, are all enjoying payment of salaries and allowances while all public and private sector workers wait grudgingly for crumbs from the masters table! Both APC and PDP are servants to the people to whom the sovereignty belongs! The time to sheath their swords is now but everyone must go through the cleaners of the rule of law and be purged if found culpable!
"If the foot shall say, because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? (I Corinthians.12:15).
A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE!
I am, yours sincerely, Dr. David B.A. Olufon. 08130669886, 08098194390. 08080243066 g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com.