As President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria clocked 57 years today, Nigerians witnessed one of the worst abuses of the nation's democracy in history. Members of parliament were teargassed and denied access into the House of Representatives chamber in order to prevent the speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, from presiding over the sitting.

For goodness' sake, value of Naira is not appreciating against the dollar and the price Uncle Ben's rice is not crashing below the price of Garri if the presidency allows the speaker to preside over the sitting. Again, the speaker will not return to PDP because of this -- at least at the moment. But why are the ideals of our democracy toyed with in order to satiate one's vindictive ego?

The speaker's defection from the ruling PDP to oposition APC had sparked uproar that led to the unconstitutional withdrawal of his security aides by the Inspector General of Police, Sulaiman Abba. In a sane democracy, the IGP will be sanctioned for this, but in Nigeria, the IGP's appointment was confirmed by the president the day he ordered the withdrawal of the speaker's security. As I once said, Nigeria is not just banana republic but Tsamiyar Biri (dialium guianense) republic! You can call us Goriba (doum palm) republic.

Read the complete article here http://speshsworld.com/2014/11/defecting-speaker-vs-vindictive-president/

I will comment after Tambuwal is impeached!!!

gtrust:
I will comment after Tambuwal is impeached!!!

gtrust:
I will comment after Tambuwal is impeached!!!

Your comment may never see the light of the day. Tambuwal's impeachment is practically impossible

speshsworld:


Your comment may never see the light of the day. Tambuwal's impeachment is practically impossible

That means what happened to Amaechi 's Nigerian Governors' Forum will happen Tambuwa's House of Assembly!!!!