{"id":80494,"date":"2021-05-07T18:19:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T17:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=80494"},"modified":"2021-05-07T18:19:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T17:19:02","slug":"its-irresponsible-to-call-for-military-intervention-in-nigeria-oshiomhole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/its-irresponsible-to-call-for-military-intervention-in-nigeria-oshiomhole\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s irresponsible to call for military intervention in Nigeria\u2013 Oshiomhole"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1699118805642340646\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has described as \u2018irresponsible\u2019 for anybody to call on military to overthrown a democratically elected government because of the challenges facing the country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nThe former Edo state governor said the world, including Nigeria has agreed that never again will unelected Angels govern this nation.<\/p>\n<p>Oshiomhole spoke Friday in Abuja when the leadership of the Law Students Association of Nigeria (LAWSON) paid him a courtesy visit to invite him to speak at a forthcoming conference on the rule of law in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Chief Robert Clerk had recently on a national Television called for military intervention to solve Nigeria\u2019s current challenges.<\/p>\n<p>But Oshiomhole described Clerk\u2019s prescription as unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>He said the first thing that suffers under the military is the rule of law, adding that for anyone who is familiar to the military system like Clerk should tender apology to Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>He called on Nigerians to have faith in the country, saying he won\u2019t give up on Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He also described those calling for separation in the country as \u201cpoor students of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former APC national chairman made reference to his time as NLC President when he opposed attempt by the then National Assembly to impeach former President Olusegun Obasanjo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncidentally I watched on a national Television one of your very senior colleagues, Chief Robert Clerk, I was shocked when I saw him calling on the President to handover to the military, I thought that was the height\u00a0 of irresponsibility, giving his knowledge, giving his age and a very senior member of the bar and what is it that he wanted? He wants a military that will restructure Nigeria. It is again for me senseless because the structure as it is today, who put it in place? Who overthrew the parliamentary system?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe parliamentary system was overthrown by the Nigerian military, that is on record. Who created 12 states from the four regions by decree? It was the military. The current 36 states and FCT who created it by military decree? It was the military. How can anybody who has lived through and who is familiar with our journey as a nation think that the solution to our problems as a nation is to handover to the military? I thought, talking about the rule of Law that is treason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know we have freedom of speech but it does not include the freedom to canvass unlawful means to effect a change. When you canvas unlawful means, then you should be arraigned before a court of law and dealt\u00a0 with according to the law. Ignorance is not even an excuse in law, not to talk of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that even in our moment of distress and regardless of what anybody thinks, the world has resolved and Nigeria is part of it that never again shall we be govern by an unelected government, never, we don\u2019t want unelected Angels.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/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>Former national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has described as \u2018irresponsible\u2019 for anybody to call on military to overthrown a democratically elected government because&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":63229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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