The Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC), Worldwide, has condemned the Tuesday’s siege laid to the National Assembly by men of the Directorate of State Services (DSS), describing it as the height of political brigandage.
IYC, in a statement by Oweilaemi Pereotubo, its president general, said the siege was a coup against democracy.
According to him, “Perpetrators of this treasonable act should not go unpunished if we must survived as a country under democratic governance.
“Political actors should be wary of their actions. This is one illegal action too many within a space of one month. Nigerians will not sit and allow desperate politicians to endanger our hard-won democracy.
“The people will cause civil revolution should anything happens to this democracy. Those who want to effect leadership change in the National Assembly should follow the due process prescribed by the Constitution.
“Unconstitutional action only begets unconstitutional response and the end is anarchy. Nigerian politicians should learn from the bitter part of our political history.”
IYC commended the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, for his prompt action to save the nation’s democracy.
He however, maintained that the sack of the DSS boss, Lawal Daura, was not enough, adding, “He should be tried for treason, while a holistic investigation be carried out to ascertain the mystery behind the unlawful invasion and barricade of the National Assembly by overbearing DSS members.”
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He said, “If serious action is not taken against the perpetrators of this felonious act, even the Office of the President is not safe. We fear that desperate politicians may even use compromised security agencies to thwart and overthrow democratic institutions under the watch of Buhari’s Presidency and such poses serious danger to the survival of democracy in Nigeria.
“If such is however allowed to fester and is being celebrated by the government of the day then the next target is the seat of government of the federation.
“The happenings in the country have given credence to our earlier call that the present government needs to re-jig the security architectures in the country. The Acting President should therefore take the bull by the horn to effect change in the top security structures.”
