The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the Speaker of the Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila 24 hours to retract what it called inciting threats against Hon. Kingsley Chinda on the floor of the House.
The Party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan observed that Nigerians watched with utter shock and dismay as Gbajabiamila, in open chamber, jettisoned all parliamentary procedure to make hate statement, inciting comment and direct threats to the bona fide leader of the minority in the House, Hon. Chinda, for no justifiable reason.
It added that Hon. Gbajabiamila, in open chamber, exhibited personal hostility, with threats that Hon. Chinda will ‘regret’ taking his rightful seat as the bona fide leader of the minority in the House.
The statement pointed out that the vicious outburst by Hon. Gbajabiamila was a direct threat and affront to the nation’s democratic order, the rights of the minority members in the House of Representatives, the people of Obio/Akpo Federal Constituency and sensibility of millions of members of PDP who nominated Hon. Chinda as Minority Leader.
“The PDP in the strongest terms condemns this outburst and demands that the Speaker retracts his inciting threats against Hon. Chinda within the next 24 hours. The PDP also invites the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to summon Hon. Gbajabiamila to explain the intents of his threats.
“Our party further invites Nigerians to hold Hon. Gbajabiamila directly responsible should any harm suddenly come to Hon. Chinda, any member of his family or any member of the PDP in the House of Representatives.
“It is indeed unfortunate and completely condemnable that Hon. Gbajabiamila is turning the chamber of the House of Representatives into a theater of avoidable conflicts just because of his vested interest in the affairs of the opposition”, it said.
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