Yoruba Youths Call For Stoppage Of Saraki, Ekweremandu's Trial

BEING THE RESOLUTION OF THE YORUBA COUNCIL OF YOUTHS WORLWIDE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL EMERGENCY MEETING ON STATE OF THE NATION HELD ON SUNDAY 26^TH JUNE, 2016 AT THE NATIONAL SECRETARIAT IN LAGOS.

Oladotun Hassan, Yoruba Council of Youths President

                                                    DEMOCATIC JEOPARDY 

We have watched with keen interests and unanimously resolved not to fold our arms akimbo on the general indicators on nefarious state of the nation vis-à-vis abysmal policies and tendencies, lack of internal democracy in the polity and loss of moral values for democratic culture of good governance, rule of law, adequate delivery of dividends of democracy, not forgetting the nose-diving attitude of gross violation of the trite laws and principles of checks and balance, separation of powers by the Executive arm of government led by His Excellency, President Muhammodu Buhari , GCFR via his appointed proxy; the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN ambushing by fiats rascality of high-handedness in the ongoing ill-fated sporadic onslaughts against the leadership of the Red Upper Chamber of the 8^th National Assembly, The Senate, a situation that calls for immediate cautioning to order, and this has raised a lot of doubts in the minds of the majority of Nigerians and the entire world at large, capable of upsetting the fragile peace in the country, causing an unquantifiable national and international embarrassments and huge damages.

We frowned at the mannerisms of the misguided architectural positioning in the fights against corruption without recourse to justice, fair hearing, rule of law, most adversely to the greatest disadvantage of other sectors of governance and navigation for economic progress, which can best be termed as an act of ‘militarized vendetta’ and harm-twisting of the law for self inclined political mileage, with the previous clandestinely motivated Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)Trials bordering on false declaration of assets and the recent framed-up allegation and charges of Forgery of the Senate Standing Order an agenda calculated to overthrow and overrule the election and general consensus of the majority of Senators, in consonance with parliamentary procedures and practice within the succinct ambit of the laws of Legislative immunity of Senate President Bukola Saraki, Deputy President Ike Ekweremadu and other principal officers of the Senate amounts to crossing the line of separation of powers and breach of democratic etiquettes and acceptable standard tenets of true federalism and independence in a presidential system of government.

We made this assertion in due realization of the facts that we have lost counts on the numerous anti masses policies and actions without due process to rule of law by the current administration of the federal government, with unsurpassable attendant negative effects of misplaced priorities and lack of economic blueprint on the progressive fundamental way forward out the perilous woes, tribulations, national malaise of corruption and political quagmires, where in the corruption war is now defined as witch crafted hunting spree against perceived dissenting opinions of individuals, state governments and organizations, and oppositions both within APC and PDP, which is tainted with vexatious illegalities.

We use this medium to inform and remind the present administration to be mindful of the her footsteps which is calculated at sinking the ship of the nation, it must be well noted that, the attitude of The Attorney General of the Federation is an abuse of office and sacking of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a total distraction from the purpose of the electing the government in power, which has momentarily failed in its Change Mantra promises, a motionless stalemate for Nigerians to reap the fruit of democratic largesse.

The Nigerian people have enough economic hardship at this time requiring the full attention and corporation of the three arms of government, instead of these attempts to distract and politicize governance on the altar of mediocrity and nepotism.

We are in a state of economic emergency such that what the National Assembly needs at this perilous time are executive bills and proposals aimed at resolving the untold hardships and hunger in the land, rising inflations, sky rocketed high rate of unemployment and unabated spate loss of jobs, currency depreciation, Niger Delta Avengers, IPOB, Fulani Herdsmen, Boko Haram, crime, insurgency, terrorism and insecurity.

The National Assembly needs all the required supports to salvage, build and strengthen institutions of government to earn more revenue through decisive diversification of the over dependant interests on the dwindling oil sector to other prosperous and growing sectors, fights corruption and eliminate waste and leakages. Instead they are getting frustrative incursion and overbearing hostile actions aimed at destabilizing the National Assembly and entire nation, distracting senators from their constitutional duties of oversights functions and ensuring good and accountable governance.

We see the latest machinated plot is an Executive coup d’état against the Legislative arm, directed at forcing a change of leadership in the Senate or, in the extreme case, ground the Red Chambers of the National Assembly, based on reasonable foreseability rule of reasoning, the sudden concocted rounding up of the two preceding officers of the Senate are preludes to the facts which is crystal clear to the blind, and set-up predicated on a preplanned agenda to be rail road and incarcerated in Kuje prison indefinitely, or incapacitated from sitting at plenary through day-to-day trial matter that is purely an internal affairs of the Senate.

We laconically reiterate and make our point clear as pivotal voice of the entire Yoruba youths in the Southwestern region of Nigeria and Diaspora that the individuals in the Executive and the All Progressives Congress party leaders behind these shenanigan plots to desist henceforth, and not to mistake the maturity and hand of co-operation and national interest of the National Assembly Senate for stupidity and abrupt fear. For at a time like these which requires all hands to be in concert on deck to navigated the hailing ship of the nation to the expected promise land, and not nose-diving into a dungeon of imminent total disaster, which is capable of destroying those behind the hatchet, an impeachable offence against Mr President.      

The current move clearly runs contrary to the Doctrine of Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances, which are fundamental to the successful operation of a presidential system of government. It a locus classicus resolution by the Supreme Court in the decided case 0f Adesanya Vs Senate” That no one should seek to use the court to achieve what he or she has failed to push through on the floor of the National Assembly”.

Based on this premise, we demand the immediate stoppage and discontinuance of the ongoing Charges at the court by the Minister of Justice and AGF, Mr Malami against the Senate President Bukola Saraki, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and other principal members of the Senate including the Clark, it will amount to an exercise in futility and time wasting for it to venture in to this brouhaha at these critical state of our national life.

Furthermore,  we inform as a matter of necessity that ALL other ongoing cases must as matter priority be discontinued in the interest of peace and the general advantage of the good people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

We have emphatically spoken!!!.
Aremo Oladotun Hassan Esq.
President

Long Live Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Cc: The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria,

The Senate President, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The Chief Justice of the Federation, Feral Republic of Nigeria

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The Ag. Inspector General of Police, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The Director of State Security Services, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The President, Yoruba Council of Elders.

The Secretary General, Yoruba Unity Forum.

All Media Organizations and The General Public.