{"id":75226,"date":"2020-08-06T14:50:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T13:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=75226"},"modified":"2020-08-06T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T13:50:26","slug":"edo-assembly-crisis-dont-destroy-nigerias-democracy-cupp-warns-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/edo-assembly-crisis-dont-destroy-nigerias-democracy-cupp-warns-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo Assembly Crisis: Don\u2019t Destroy Nigeria\u2019s Democracy, CUPP Warns Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Following police take over of the Edo State House of Assembly, the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has warned President Mohammadu Buhari against tendencies capable of destroying Nigeria\u2019s democracy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a statement signed by its spokesman, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, CUPP, viewed Police take over of the state legislature as an affront on Nigeria\u2019s democracy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The statement reads:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) is again disturbed by the news of the early Thursday forceful take over of the Edo State House of Assembly by men of the Nigeria Police Force.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cOpposition Coalition views this development taking place in a democracy as an affront to all our past and present heroes who fought hard for the entronement of democracy in the country. The \u00a0attempt to use former members of Edo House of Assembly whose seats have been declared vacant to take over the House is an invitation to anarchy and an act of treason.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe therefore call on President Muhammadu Buhari and his men to halt all actions and inactions capable of pushing the nation towards a crisis like the 1983 crisis that led to collapse of democracy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe also urge the President to call the disgraced former factional chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole and his desperate followers, to order before his actions in Edo State instigate electoral violence that will consume the nation and its hard-won democracy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe CUPP also calls upon the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to mobilise the citizens of the state to resist these political bandits.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIn doing so, the governor is urged to invoke the provisions of Section 20 of the Criminal Code and mobilise the citizens to exercise their constitutional right to stop people flouting the laws or carrying out criminal activities in their presence<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe however praised the governor for showing maturity so far in the face of unwarranted provocation. We advise him that while he is displaying maturity, the red line must be drawn.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cNo one person, no matter how highly placed, should be above the law. The governor must be ready to protect the people of the state and his mandate from predators.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe shall be watching developments in the state and the entire nation with great attention and we ask all lovers of democracy both at home and abroad to join us in doing so.\u201c<\/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>Following police take over of the Edo State House of Assembly, the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has warned President Mohammadu Buhari against tendencies capable of destroying Nigeria\u2019s democracy.&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":75228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75226","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 - 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