{"id":63281,"date":"2018-07-31T18:04:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T17:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63281"},"modified":"2018-07-31T18:04:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T17:04:38","slug":"gov-tambuwal-urges-nigerians-to-reject-buharis-prison-yard-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/gov-tambuwal-urges-nigerians-to-reject-buharis-prison-yard-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Tambuwal Urges Nigerians To Reject Buhari&#8217;s Prison-Yard Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has called on Nigerians to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">reject \u201cprison-yard democracy, typified by the ignoble meddlesomeness,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">rascality and high-handedness of some security agencies against democratic<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">institutions\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In a statement released on Tuesday by his media office, Tambuwal expressed<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">his dismay with the recent happenings in Benue State and Abuja, where<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">security agencies reportedly meddled in the affairs of both the Benue and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">national legislatures by trying to prevent some lawmakers from accessing<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">their legislative chambers and also impeding the movement of the Senate<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">President and his Deputy last week.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNigerians must, in strong terms, say no to prison-yard democracy, where<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the rights of the citizenry are shackled to the caprices of a few, as if<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">we now run a nation of helpless inmates,\u201d Tambuwal said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf the people of Nigeria are so unfortunate to endure the growling<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">nightmare occasioned by deprivation of most things that a democracy should<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">ordinarily provide; If they are now accustomed to the pangs of hunger,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">unemployment, shabby infrastructure, poor healthcare and general<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">hopelessness, they should, in the interest of democracy and the youths,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">stand against anything that has the potential of robbing them of their<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">inalienable rights to live and make choices as free citizens.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThese are unfortunate incidents, an aberration, a reprehensible attack on<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the fundamental human rights and privileges of fellow Nigerians and a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">direct attack on our fledgling democracy. We should condemn this crass and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">impudent exhibition of uncivilized conduct, so that we can keep peace and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">maintain a civilized society.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDemocracy is about freedom, of choice and association. It is about the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">people and the supremacy of the will of the people. Democracy, loses its<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">essential value when the overall interest of the people takes a back seat<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">in any supposedly democratic setting.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Arguing that legitimate political choices and movements, including<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">cross-carpeting, are part of a democratic enterprise, he said: \u201cAny<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">attempt to bully people out of their legitimate, democratic choices is a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">war against democracy, the rights of the citizenry that power this unique<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">people-oriented system of governance.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Tambuwal also called on the country\u2019s leaders at all levels to \u201cguard<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">their utterances, in order not to drive our nation further down the path<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">of divisiveness and ethnic\/religious mistrust\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cLet us water our democracy, using the fountains of equity, fairness and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">justice for all,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has called on Nigerians to reject \u201cprison-yard democracy, typified by the ignoble meddlesomeness, rascality and high-handedness of some security agencies against democratic institutions\u201d.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov. 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