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National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh
The
Peoples Democracy Party has condemned the Department of State Services
over the invasion and occupation of the residence of a former National
Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).
The National
Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisah Metuh, said the action of
the DSS amounted to a violation of the rights of the former NSA and was
contrary to the constitution of the country and the tenets of democracy.
He stressed that the invasion of the residence of the former NSA was unacceptable in a democratic setting.
Metuh made the comment while speaking with journalists at John Kadiya Street, Asokoro, residence of Dasuki in Abuja, on Friday.
The PDP
Spokesman was turned back at the gate of Dasuki’s residence by
operatives of the commission, who insisted that the residence was under
security watch.
Metuh said
while Nigerians elected Buhari because they wanted him, the actions of
some of his aides were scary to the citizenry as they were taking the
country back to the dark days of military dictatorship.
He
said, “I came into Abuja today because I read the situation about the
invasion of the house of the former NSA and his detention, house arrest
and other matters. So I drove to his house as a personal friend to see
him and to find out what is happening. Then about seven or eight
security operatives came out and they said I cannot see him because the
house is under security watch.
“And I asked
them: security watch in terms of treason, or in terms of terrorism, or
what? I need to know, and they said they are not in a position to say.
And why I asked this question is that if it is under security watch, on
account of corruption or on account of any other reason, it is totally
against the constitution of this country.
“This is a
democracy, and the democratic tenets and principles apply. The fact is
that we deserve basic freedom, liberties and movements associated with
democracy. The truth is that Nigerians are getting scared; we voted for
our President, they voted for the President and he was duly elected.
Nigerians wanted him, Nigerians voted for him, and now he is the father
of the nation, he is the father of everyone, he is not serving any other
interest.
“But there
are certain activities, as it is happening now, by some of his aides and
people around him. It is like they are taking us back to the military
era. The last time this happened was under the military.”
He urged the
Federal Government to stop treating those who served in the last
administration under President Goodluck Jonahan as prisoners of war.
He said what the PDP lost was an election and not a war.
He called on
the government to ensure that those suspected to have committed any act
against the laws of the country were handled according to the
stipulations of the law.
“There has
never been any situation where people would be held against their will.
It is completely against his fundamental human rights and we should be
careful here. We should be very careful because this is how it started
in Zimbabwe, this is how it started in other countries.
“Before you
know it, we have a dictatorship, you cannot scare us, we are not guilty
because we served under a former President, we are not guilty because we
lost an election, we are not losers in a war. We lost an election, not a
war, we are not prisoners of war and we should not be treated like
prisoners of war.
“What we
demand is respect, there is the rule of law, we will not condone corrupt
activities or any other illegal or unlawful act,” he added
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