The Social Democratic Party, SDP, has emphasized the need for all stakeholders in the country to consider the independence of the legislature as paramount if truly they want true democracy.
The party, however, stated that Nigeria has gradually been turned a laughing stock before the international community, because of harassment and intimidation of members of the National Assembly by the executive.
This is coming following the alleged siege on the residence of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and that of his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu by police officers on Tuesday.
But, the force headquarters in Abuja, through its spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, denied the alleged police siege on the residences of the two principal officers of the National Assembly on Tuesday.
The SDP chairman in Abia state, Hon. Chidi Nwosu, who made this known in a chat with DAILY POST on Thursday, condemned in its entirety, the alleged security siege on the Abuja residence of the two presiding officers of the National Assembly.
According to the former Abia lawmaker, “It is very unfortunate. That is what happens when the executive wants to do the job of the legislature, or when the executive wants to have absolute control in order to protect misgovernance and irregularities in the system.
“Because, it is said that, the legislature is the watchdog for the people. So, Tuesday’s incident also shows another traumatic display by the executive to the legislature.
“With the security siege on the residences of Senator Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, the international community and other democratic countries would be laughing at Nigeria.
“I will advocate that the independence of the legislature should be considered most important and paramount in the minds of Nigerians if actually, we want to be democratic”.
“With the way it is today, there is no sign that the current leadership in the country or the government of the day, wants Nigeria to be democratized”.
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