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Nigeria's former Vice President says President Buhari is treating National Assembly leaders as common criminals
The former vice president urged President Muhammadu Buhari to uphold the tenet of democracy.
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Operatives of the Nigerian Police had laid siege to the Abuja homes of President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu over alleged plans to remove the the two leaders during sitting at the National Assembly by lawmakers loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Atiku, in a statement issued on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, said no democratic nation ought to treat the leadership of its Parliament like common criminals in the course of a political disagreement.
“The news of the sieges on the residences of the Senate President, , and his Deputy, , is both troubling and unsettling.
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“No democratic nation ought to treat the leadership of its Parliament like common criminals in the course of a political disagreement.”
The former vice president urged President Muhammadu Buhari to uphold the tenet of democracy and condone the action of the security forces.
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