Senate Standing Rules: Buhari is killing Nigeria’s democracy – Enugu monarch

Ahead of the planned arraignment of the Senate
President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Chief Ike
Ekweremadu, over alleged forgery of Senate
Standing Rules, a traditional ruler in Enugu State,
His Royal Highness, Igwe Dr. Hafford Agana, has
accused President Muhammadu Buhari of
chasing shadows.
The monarch said instead of concentrating on
the various problems facing the country, the
President was engaging in witch-hunt.
He said the murder attempt on the life of
Ekweremadu on November 17, 2015, and the
silence of the presidency over the matter lent
further credence to the fact that there was a
grand plot to remove the Senator at all costs.
Igwe Agana, who addressed journalists in Enugu
on Sunday, equally said by Buhari’s recent
actions, Nigeria’s democracy was under serious
threat.
According to him, “since the present
administration assumed office, it has been from
one crisis to the other.
“The promises upon which Nigerians voted
Buhari into power are yet to be realized; the cost
of food items has gone beyond the reach of the
average Nigerian. The power outages have
become the worst in Nigeria’s history. The level
of unemployment, insurgency in the North-East,
the Niger Delta militancy, Biafra resurgence, the
harsh economy and more, are issues that should
occupy the time of the President instead of
pursuing those that did not vote for him during
the 2015 general election.
“I, therefore, call on President Muhammadu
Buhari to refrain from actions capable of
derailing the hard-earned Nigerian democracy.......DailyPost

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