{"id":70763,"date":"2019-12-06T19:42:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=70763"},"modified":"2019-12-06T19:42:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:42:21","slug":"pdp-invasion-of-court-by-dss-confirms-nigeria-is-sliding-into-dictatorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/pdp-invasion-of-court-by-dss-confirms-nigeria-is-sliding-into-dictatorship\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP: Invasion Of Court By DSS Confirms Nigeria Is Sliding Into Dictatorship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the furious invasion of the
\nsanctity of the Federal High Court by the Department of State Services
\n(DSS) further confirms that Nigeria, under the Buhari Presidency, is
\nfinally sliding into a frightening dictatorship.<\/p>\n

According to a statement signed by Spokesman of the party, Kola
\nOlogbondiyan, “The party alerts that the invasion of the court is a
\nvindication of its earlier stand that the nation is no longer governed
\nby democratic principles of rule or law and dictates of the
\nconstitution.<\/p>\n

“Today, the world watched with shock as operatives of the
\nPresidency-controlled DSS, in a most horrific manner, swooped on the
\ncourt, held the judiciary to ransom, disrupted proceedings, scared away
\nthe judge, chased away lawyers and journalists, attacked and re-arrested
\npersons standing trial within the precincts of the court, in a manner
\nthat can only be obtainable in Idi Amin\u2019s Uganda.<\/p>\n

“The invasion is in a forceful suspension of our constitutional order
\nand a further battering of the judiciary, which points to an emerging
\nlawlessness that can only find space in a military regime.<\/p>\n

“Without prejudice to the charge against the Convener of the \u201cRevolution
\nNow\u201d movement, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, the PDP holds that, in a normal
\ndemocracy, it is the duty of the court to determine the fate of an
\naccused, according to the laws and not a resort to brute force by the
\ngovernment to silence persons with dissenting voices.<\/p>\n

“Our party notes that such a violation, as embarrassingly witnessed in
\nthe Abuja court this weekend, is a direct invitation to anarchy and a
\nhuge threat to the unity, peace, stability and corporate existence of
\nour nation and the safety of our citizens.<\/p>\n

“Indeed, this is not the Nigeria our citizens yearn for and it is
\nimperative to restate that Nigeria, under the Buhari Presidency, is fast
\nsliding into a dark country where, laws are suspended, the judiciary is
\nassaulted and citizens are stripped of their fundamental rights.<\/p>\n

“The PDP calls on well meaning Nigerians and the international community
\nto call the Buhari Presidency to order before its actions derail our
\nnation and trigger a breakdown of law and order in the land.<\/p>\n

“The international community must have more than a passing glance at the
\nsituation in Nigeria as any crisis in our country, God forbid, given our
\npopulation, is capable of having a negative spill over effect across the
\nAfrican continent and other parts of the world.<\/p>\n

“The PDP urges Nigerians across board, irrespective of political,
\nreligious and ethnic learnings, to unite in condemnation of dictatorial
\ntendencies of the present administration and in defending our democracy
\nand unity as a nation.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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