Mr. Anunoby would appear to be dancing far away from the centre of the music and naturally his dancing steps are in disaccord with the tune of the music being played. In the House of Representatives, there have been reciprocities of changing party garments between the PDP and APC members and the only remarkable thing with Tambuwal is that he is the Speaker of the House, which does not in anyway classify him as fomenter of crises. The Nigerian Police, just like most of the people around Jonathan have big muscles but small brains and they forget that wisdom is far more greater than raw force. The House of Representatives contain 360 members and to remove the Speaker from office, according to Section 50, 2c of the 1999 constitution, requires two-thirds votes which is 240 members. The PDP has 189 members while APC has 159 and others 12. Even if 12 others should vote along with the 189 PDP, they will score only 201 votes against the APC votes of 159, which is 39 votes below the 240 votes stipulated in the constitution for the removal of the Speaker. The PDP and its Politically Directed Police were aware that their political strength in the House was not enough to remove Tambuwal, which was why they resorted to self-help through brigandage and raw force. On Monday, 3 November 2014, Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court acceded to the request of Tambuwal to restrain the Federal Government, the PDP and their agents to reconvene the House until December 3, 2014. On Friday, November 7, 2014, the same Judge ordered that status quo ante bellum be maintained pending the determination of the suit filed by Tambuwal over the removal of his security details by the Inspector-General of the Police. The Court order followed the pledge given by the Federal Government through the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, and the Inspector General of the Police, Suleiman Abba, not to do anything that would undermine the office of the Speaker. The pledge given to the Court has now been broken by Executive Lawlessness and Culture of Impunity.
We do not know for sure that the police did not have intelligence report on the invasion they claimed - Anunoby Ogugua.
This particular sentence of yours is very confusing. It sounds as if you doubted if Police possessed the intelligence report on which they based their invasion of the National Assembly. You don't need to doubt anything because the Police Force Public Relation Officer, Emanuel Ojukwu, told the entire world on the 19th of November 2014, that the police had received intelligence report that hoodlums and thugs were to cause Mayhem at the Assembly on that day which was why the Police invaded the Assembly. I think it is against common sense not to inform the beneficiaries of police action at the National Assembly about the perceived invasion of their work place by hoodlums and thugs. And if as you insinuated the Speaker and the Senate President were incriminated in the suspected and intended thug's mayhem at the Assembly, then the activity of the police would have been limited to check the ID card which each Assembly man/woman normally hang around the neck in front of the chest at the entrance. The intention of the Politically Directed Police (PDP) was to replicate in Abuja the Ekiti Syndrome whereby 19 members were blocked out from the State's House of Assembly in favour of seven PDP renegades. You want Tambuwal to behave like a human being in the midst of wild beast, but that is contrary to the wisdom of our elders which counsels that if one happens to fall into the midst of animals, one should get something that looks like a tail to fix to the anus so as to look like them (Ti a ba de ibi ti eranko pejo si nse ni a nwa owun to jo iru ki afi ha idi). That is just a simple law of self-preservation.
From: AnunobyO@lincolnu.edu
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:49:37 -0600
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - On this Matter of Party Defections in Nigeria's National and State Assemblies {Re: [Naijaintellects] Chaos at National Assembly: Tambuwal Stopped, David Mark Orders shutdown
"We do not need to discuss whether Tambuwal is a legitimate Speaker or member of the House or not but, why the Police invaded the National Assembly."
We do. If there is an effect, there is most likely a cause. To successfully deal with an effect, one must deal with the cause. Tambuwal helped to fermented the crises. He switched political parties and wanted things to remain the same. He chose to gamble. He must face the music.
We do not know for sure that the police did not have intelligence report on the invasion they claimed. The police are not obliged to share information with a Speaker or Senate President before taking necessary action depending on the nature and content of the intelligence report. What if the content pointed to the Speaker or Senate President being the architect of the thugs' oncoming assault? They are also not obliged to share the details of the report with the general public until it is safe to do so.
Is it too much to expect the Speaker, as a principal lawmaker, to dignify his high office by respecting the police enough to follow police instructions even if the police were out of order? He should have on the day. There are always available remedies that he could seek successfully. His conduct was roughish when it need not and should not be. He chose to escalate the situation when as Speaker, he should deescalate the situation? What about restraint? That is not what good leaders show in similar situations. Thank goodness no lives were lost in the mayhem.
oa
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Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - On this Matter of Party Defections in Nigeria's National and State Assemblies {Re: [Naijaintellects] Chaos at National Assembly: Tambuwal Stopped, David Mark Orders shutdown
The reconvened meeting of the National Assembly would have been the best occasion to decide if Tambuwal was still the Speaker of the House or not. Section 50, 2c of the 1999 Constitution says, "The Speaker of the House of Representatives or his Deputy, shall vacate office if he is removed from office by a resolution of the House of Representatives by the vote of not less than 2/3s majority of members of that House." We do not need to discuss whether Tambuwal is a legitimate Speaker or member of the House or not but, why the Police invaded the National Assembly. According to the Police, their invasion of the National Assembly was due to intelligent Reports that hoodlums and thugs were to cause mayhem at the Assembly. Yet, the Police did not inform the Speaker and the Senate President about the intelligent Reports before their action. Unintelligently, the Police behaved like street Urchins and treated Tambuwal and other APC members of the House as hoodlums and thugs. If the action of the police is not condemned, a Colonel in the nearest future can block the President from entering Aso Rock under the pretext of an Intelligence Report!!
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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:45:39 -0600
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - On this Matter of Party Defections in Nigeria's National and State Assemblies {Re: [Naijaintellects] Chaos at National Assembly: Tambuwal Stopped, David Mark Orders shutdown
"68. (1) A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House of which he is a member if -
"(g) being a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected;
"Provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored; or…"
It seems to me that the above is the on point section on this matter.
Tambuwal's election was sponsored by the PDP. He quit the PDP and joined the APC. There should be no trouble with that under the law. He and other elected members of the National Assembly are always free to come and go as they please. The question it seems to me is did Tambuwal quit the PDP because of " a division… member" or " a merger… parties" or "factions… sponsored".
What needs to be determined by the courts and perhaps INEC without further delay is whether or not any or more of the following apply in this impasse:
i) Division
ii) Merger
iii) Faction
Tambuwal may not remain Speaker if he is no longer a lawful member of the House of Representatives. That issue must be determined without further delay by the courts. Any aggrieved party (including the PDP, Tambuwal's election opponent(s), one or more citizens represented by Tambuwal in the House) in "locus-standi " may bring the action and pray an appropriate court to declare Tambuwal's seat vacant. INEC may make its determination on whether or not Tambuwal, having jumped ship, is still a duly elected member of the House of Representatives too. Only then should the matter of whether or not Tambuwal may lawfully remain Speaker arise and be addressed.
Tambuwal cannot be Speaker except he is lawfully, a member of the House. It is my opinion, that INEC should step in. INEC declared him duly elected. INEC may declare his seat vacant. Tambuwal, the APC, the PDP, and/or one or more members of the constituency that he represents, may choose to appeal unfavorable court or INEC decisions. Lawyers must be crying hosanna. Christmas has again, come early for them.
I do not know that the assignment of security details to specific elected officials is not more a matter of protocol/administrative action than a constitutional one. If the Executive arm of government does not recognize Tambuwal as Speaker, it may withdraw the security details. Tambuwal may challenge the withdrawal in court. Why has he not if he has not is a good question?
Many elected public officials pride themselves in being called "your excellency", or "honorable". It is increasing clear and sad that some of them do not seem to know what the appellations mean including the responsibilities that come with them. Do they not know not to choose to eat their cake and still expect to have it? Why are they not concerned about the dangers to the country of absurdity, impunity, and degenerating precedents? Why are they not concerned about doing things well- including implanting strong and true democratic practice and tradition? Are they not familiar with Nigeria's (political) history including the 1950/60s misadventures in, the Western Region House of Assembly (carpet crossing, UPGA/NNA crises), the Eastern Region House of Assembly (Professor Itta), the creation of the Midwest Region (Osadebey/Omo Osagie), the Northern Region House of Assembly (NPC tyranny) among others, and the heavy price the country paid and continues to pay for them? Why they continually and needlessly overheat the polity for the mess of self-interest porridge is beyond the conjecture of many truly concerned, peace-loving, and progress-oriented Nigerians.
The present political imbroglio in the national government might have been avoided if Tambuwal switched parties (he was always free to), resigned as Speaker, and submitted himself to another Speaker election as a member of his new party. A majority of right-thinking Nigerians would agree, that was and still is the decent, easy, honorable, proper, and right thing to do. He would cut his name in the stone of Nigeria's history if he did. Recall Obasanjo' handover of power?
Tambuwal's supporters in his party and outside the House, continue to claim that he is popular and remains the choice of a majority of members of the House for Speaker. Where is the evidence? Tambuwal should put himself up for re-election as Speaker as ultimate proof.
Nigeria's democracy is a fledgling one. It is inconceivable that Nigeria's politicians do not know this. The blame game should stop. There is too much drama already. Remember 1966? Nigeria's politicians have been and remain the greatest threats to sound democratic governance and progress in the country. It is about time they are strengths instead.
oa
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Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - On this Matter of Party Defections in Nigeria's National and State Assemblies {Re: [Naijaintellects] Chaos at National Assembly: Tambuwal Stopped, David Mark Orders shutdown
VC Aluko:
Your postings have been so lucid and helpful that anyone pretending not to hear you needs three human ears to correct any hearing defect the person has! For example, I was glad to learn from your posting about the sad" party defections" that, indeed, the Nigerian constitution has something serious and admirable: thus, if one is elected to parliament on the ticket of political party "A", if one wants to defect to party "B", one must vacate the seat when doing so. This, then, means one can go back to the voters to seek re-election on the ticket of the new party he or she has defected to. It will then be the prerogative of the voters to re-elect the person on the ticket of party "B" that one has defected to. Is that not the case, VC Aluko? If it is so, then that is very great, as it provides checks and balances right there!
If that is also, then it means that Nigeria has some admirable stipulations from the national constitution.
And there, we have it!
A.B. Assensoh.
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Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 5:56 PM
To: Ikhide
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - On this Matter of Party Defections in Nigeria's National and State Assemblies {Re: [Naijaintellects] Chaos at National Assembly: Tambuwal Stopped, David Mark Orders shutdown
Ikhide:
You still not do not seem to have read me or heard me right: the Law PRESCRIBES how a defecting member's removal should be done - and so far, outside of the
illegal and hasty removal of his security aides - Tambuwal is still regarded as the Speaker by his peers, and actually presided over the brief meeting the other day at
which Senate President David Mark met him on his seat, that is after being roughed up, or was it before sef?
So we have to learn to be patient with democracy - like Obama.
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com> wrote:
Prof,
I hear you; the law does not prescribe how it should be done. The yeye man is no longer speaker and I am comfortable with the actions taken so far. Let him go to court jor!
Sent via smoke signals
- Ikhide
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From: Mobolaji Aluko
Date:11/22/2014 1:17 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Ikhide , USAAfrica Dialogue
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - On this Matter of Party Defections in Nigeria's National and State Assemblies {Re: [Naijaintellects] Chaos at National Assembly: Tambuwal Stopped, David Mark Orders shutdown
Ikhide:
I am CERTAIN that you can read, even the Law.
The sections below indicate that the loss of seat is NOT AUTOMATIC; even after a defection, the Speaker or a House member must TRIGGER the initiation of
investigation of action, subject to verification.
Consequently, Tambuwal is still member of the House; is still Speaker until such a prescribed action is taken.
Why is it so difficult to follow the Constitution?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Bolaji Aluko
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com> wrote:
Professor Aluko,
Many thanks for sharing the relevant portions of the law and proving conclusively that it is open to interpretation. He is no longer speaker of the house. If he is not happy with this action, he should go to court. How difficult is that? Why are our lawbreakers like this?
- Ikhide
Sent via smoke signals!
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From: Mobolaji Aluko
Date:11/22/2014 10:39 AM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - On this Matter of Party Defections in Nigeria's National and State Assemblies {Re: [Naijaintellects] Chaos at National Assembly: Tambuwal Stopped, David Mark Orders shutdown
Dear Ayo Obe, Salimonu Kadiri and All:
We should all hold our horses and read the relevant sections of the Constitution very well well. They are Sections 68 and 109 of the 1999 Constitution, viz
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QUOTE
68. (1) A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House of which he is a member if -
(a) he becomes a member of another legislative house.
(b) any other circumstances arise that, if he were not a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, would cause him to be disqualified for election as a member;
(c) he ceases to be a citizen of Nigeria;
(d) he becomes President, Vice-President, Governor, Deputy Governor or a Minister of the Government of the Federation or a Commissioner of the Government of a State or a Special Adviser.
(e) save as otherwise prescribed by this Constitution, he becomes a member of a commission or other body established by this Constitution or by any other law.
(f) without just cause he is absent from meetings of the House of which he is a member for a period amounting in the aggregate to more than one-third of the total number of days during which the House meets in any one year;
(g) being a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected;
Provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored; or
(h) the President of the Senate or, as the case may be, the Speaker of the House of Representatives receives a certificate under the hand of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission stating that the provisions of section 69 of this Constitution have been complied with in respect of the recall of that member.
(2) The President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, shall give effect to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, so however that the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives or a member shall first present evidence satisfactory to the House concerned that any of the provisions of that subsection has become applicable in respect of that member.
(3) A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall be deemed to be absent without just cause from a meeting of the House of which he is a member, unless the person presiding certifies in writing that he is satisfied that the absence of the member from the meeting was for a just cause.
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109. (1) A member of a House of Assembly shall vacate his seat in the House if -
(a) he becomes a member of another legislative house;
(b) any other circumstances arise that, if he were not a member of that House, would cause him to be disqualified for election as such a member;
(c) he ceases to be a citizen of Nigeria;
(d) he becomes President, Vice-President, Governor, Deputy Governor or a Minister of the Government of the Federation or a Commissioner of the Government of a State or a Special Adviser;
(e) save as otherwise prescribed by this Constitution, he becomes a member of a commission or other body established by this Constitution or by any other law;
(f) without just cause he is absent from meetings of the House of Assembly for a period amounting in the aggregate to more than one-third of the total number of days during which the House meets in any one year;
(g) being a person whose election to the House of Assembly was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected:
Provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored; or
(h) the Speaker of the House of Assembly receives a certificate under the hand of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission stating that the provisions of section 110 of this Constitution have been complied with in respect of the recall of the member.
(2) The Speaker of the House of Assembly shall give effect to subsection (1) of this section, so however that the Speaker or a member shall first present evidence satisfactory to the House that any of the provisions of that subsection has become applicable in respect of the member.
(3) A member of a House of Assembly shall be deemed to be absent without just cause from a meeting of the House of Assembly unless the person presiding certifies in writing that he is satisfied that the absence of the member from the meeting was for a just cause.
UNQUOTE
Notice the sections highlighted in red.
Point #1: We must notice that upon defection, even where certain qualifications for loss of position of membership of the relevant House has been satisfied, the loss is NOT AUTOMATIC: either the Senate President, or the Speaker of the House, or a member of relevant body SHALL FIRST PRESENT SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE about the infraction.
So it is NOT the duty of the Inspector-General, or the Presidency, or ANYBODY outside the relevant House to point this infraction out. [INEC initiates action ONLY on the issue of RECALLS, but even then, the House has to act on it..]
Pesumably after that, there must be a vote in the House about being SATISFIED with said evidence.
Point #2 is more serious: how to PROVE the defection SATISFACTORILY?
For starters, one presumes that
(1) you must have a PARTY MEMBERSHIP CARD to be a member of a Party; (2) you have PAID RELEVANT DUES, AND
(3) you have ATTENDED party meetings to be a member.
(4) hence you were ORIGINALLY sponsored by that party.
Clearly, merely SAYING SO ON TV or RADIO or in the NEWSPAPERS that you are a member of Party A does not count for membership. Even VOTING on issues with PARTY A in the House does not make you a member of PARTY A; you may merely be a rebel member of Party B.
On the contrary, therefore, to QUIT a party and DEFECT to another, one presumes that
(1) you have TURNED IN the membership card of the old party and
(2) taken that of the new one;
(3) you have STOPPED attending the meetings of the old one, and
(4) have started to attend those of the new one.
Are you with me?
Now, if a person whose party expects him VOLUNTARY to resign does not do so, or there are some circumstances in the House which do not permit the errant Member to be kicked out, the party can be sufficiently UPSET to arrange a RECALL, upon which if successful, INEC is REQUIRED to issue a Certificate to that effect.
My point is that we should learn to do things in an orderly fashion in this our democracy, and not resort to jankara "self-help". As it is, the Constitution is ENFORCEABLE, but ONLY by members of the relevant House, and NOT by any one else.
The Constitution anticipates that the Senate President or the Speaker may defect, hence a member can bring up the issue, and present evidence to sack either of them from the relevant House for defection. The Constitution even allows recall.
So my point is that according to the Constitution that we currently operate, Tambuwal, despite his odious defection to many, remains first a Member of the House, and secondly Speaker, until someone brings up a point of order which must be heard, and evidence is entered and positively voted for.
Elementary, my dear compatriots.
And there you have it, as I rest my case.
Bolaji Aluko
Esquare, SAM
PS1: This also applies to Ekiti State House of Assembly....for the defections there.
PS2: If the House votes to kick you out without sufficient evidence adduced, the Courts are there to RESTORE your position.
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Salimonu Kadiri <ogunlakaiye@hotmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for your Constitutional reference of which I am already aware. I am certain that you also know that the Speaker of the National Assembly, Tambuwal, is not the first person to defect from the political party on which platform he was elected. Mark you, the Constitution refers to *A LEGISLATURE THAT CHANGES PARTY* and not LEGISLATORS CHANGING PARTY. As we have seen more than 40 PDP legislators have crossed over to APC. In that wise, what more evidence does one need to establish that there is division in the PDP. When Mimiko changed to PDP, the majority of the State's House of Assembly followed him to join the PDP without forfeiting their seats. At moment cases of carpet crossing, including that of Tambuwal, are pending in the Courts for decision and it has never happened that the police mounted a siege at each Assembly to prevent carpet crossers from gaining entrance. Rather, in Ekiti, the Police protected six carpet crossers from the APC who joined the only PDP to make seven out of twenty-six members of the State's Assembly. Furthermore, the police prevented the nineteen members of the APC from entering Ekiti State's House of Assembly, where the seven PDP now usurp the right of the majority to make laws and approve Bills.
What the Constitution says about a legislator that changes party is not in dispute but who should declare the seat of the carpet crosser vacant. Is it the COURTS, the POLICE, the PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, the SPEAKER, or majority MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL or STATE'S ASSEMBLY? If the Police has the Power to decide that Tambuwal is no longer the Speaker of the House or its member, why did the Police not arrest and arraign him before a court of law for impersonation and false acquisition of Power of authority?
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: [Naijaintellects] Chaos at National Assembly: Tambuwal Stopped, David Mark Orders shutdown
From: ayo.m.o.obe@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 21:58:58 +0000
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Under the Constitution (section 68(1)(g) in the case of the National Assembly and 109(1)(g) in th case of State Houses of Assembly), it is only when a legislator changes party that he or she loses their seat (unless the change is the result of a division in or merger of the party on whose platform he or she was originally elected). There are no similar provisions in respect of elected executive officers, i.e. President, Vice, Governor and Deputy.
Ayo
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On Nov 21, 2014, at 5:42 PM, Salimonu Kadiri <ogunlakaiye@hotmail.com> wrote:
A while ago the Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, deflected from the Labour Party to the Peoples' Decocratic Party (PDP) and carried with him his Governorship attire. The Nigerian Police did not withdraw his police protection. When the Speaker of the House of Representatives deflected from PDP to APC, the Police immediately withdrew Aminu Tambuwal's security details. Thus, we do not have NIGERIAN POLICE but POLITICALLY DIRECTED POLICE - another dangerous PDP.
The House was re-convened on the request of the Speaker to debate and take decision on the request of President Jonathan to extend the state of emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa State for further three months. It would appear from what has happened now that the request for the extension of emergency rule was just a pretext to lure the deflected Speaker to convene the House meeting so that he could be arm-twisted into resigning as the Speaker. I have read in other Nigerian on-line news media that the Police has explained that their invasion of the National Assembly was based on security information that hoodlums and thugs were to invade the Assembly. Evidently, the prevention of hoodlums and thugs to invade the National Assembly by the Police includes stopping Tambuwal and other members of the House of entering the Assembly. The Police just wanted to replicate what it has done in Ekiti where 19 APC members of the State's House of Assembly were prevented from entering the House in favour of 7 PDP members. If the Police under the command of Jonathan can tear-gass National Assembly's members, he should not need the approval of the National Assembly to deploy armed forces to any part of the federation.
I have always regarded Fredrick Lugard as a damned racist since I read his 643 pages book, published in 1922, and titled, THE DUAL MANDATE. Unfortunately, Jonathan has confirmed to be true what I consider to be racial prejudice against Black Africa by Lugard. Hear him, "The African Negro is not naturally cruel, though his own insensibility to pain and his disregard for life - whether his own or another's - cause him to appear callous to suffering. ...He (the African Negro) lacks Power of organisation, and is conspicuously deficient in the management and control alike of men or of business. He loves the display of Power, but fails to realise its responsibility. ... He has the courage of the fighting animal - an instinct rather than a moral virtue. In brief, the virtues and the defects of this race-type (African) are those of attractive children... Perhaps the two traits which have impressed me as those most characteristic of the African native are his lack of apprehension and inability to visualise the future." As if Lugard knew that Jonathan would be dancing *AZONTO* the following day 300 school Girls were abducted by Boko Haram and allmost, and foresight, natural hundred lives were smashed to Death at Nyanya, a surburb to Abuja, he wrote, "In character and temperament the typical African of this race-type is a happy, thriftless, excitable person, lacking in self-control, discipline, and foresight,... full of personal Vanity, with Little sense of veracity, fond of Music and loving weapons as an oriental loves jewelry. His thoughts are concentrated on the events and feelings of the moment, and he suffers Little from apprehension for the future, or grief for the past. His mind is far nearer to the animal World, and he exhibits something of the animal's placidity and want of desire to rise beyond the state he has reached." Ironically, Jonathan is said to be a Phd holder in ZOOLOGY!
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:31:35 +0100
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: [Naijaintellects] Chaos at National Assembly: Tambuwal Stopped, David Mark Orders shutdown
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My People:
This is more than serious.....why must everything from federal to state be so much brigandage?
Lord have mercy!
Bolaji Aluko
Shaking his head
Chaos at National Assembly: Tambuwal Stopped, David Mark Orders shutdown
2014-11-20 11:57:44
Bedlam broke out this morning at the National Assembly complex as the police barricaded the House of Representatives preventing Speaker Aminu Tambuwal from entering the complex. Latest reports reaching Elombah.com says the Senate President, David Mark, has ordered that the National Assembly complex be shut down till next week Tuesday, 25th November, 2014.
The Reps had been summoned by the Speaker to discuss President Goodluck Jonathan's request for a further three-month extension of the emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
But Security operatives, Thursday, stopped the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal from entering the National Assembly Complex.
Lawmakers who accompanied the speaker had to climb the second entry point gate as some who could not climb sustained injuries while trying to scale over.
At about 10.54am after much entreaties the speaker was allowed entry but other lawmakers were denied entry.
The speaker's official car was detained but after his entry into the outer space of the complex, Security men barricaded him and shot tear gas carnisters into the air to scare him but the speaker stood his ground. .
The speaker who got to NASS at about 10.38am was accompanied by a long convoy of cars and was allowed to pass through the outer gate entry point.
The Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha arrived earlier at about 10.35am and was given a presidential passage into the complex.
Reports from Abuja say the police responded with a hail of tear gas as APC lawmakers resorted to scaling the fence to enter the premises.
Tambuwal was later allowed to enter the chambers and was reported to be meeting with APC lawmakers as at the time of filing this report. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is insisting that Tambuwal steps down as Speaker following his recent defection from the party. The police has since withdrawn Tambuwal's security.
Senate President David Mark hurriedly announced the suspension of sitting as the tear gas fired by the police took its toll.
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Elombah Elsdan <elombahperspective@gmail.com> wrote:
Chaos at National Assembly: Tambuwal Stopped, David Mark Orders shutdown
Bedlam broke out this morning at the National Assembly complex as�the police barricaded the House of Representatives pre...
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