Mr. Ebun Olu-AdegboruwaHuman
Rights Activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has chided the DSS and the Federal
Government over felony charge against former National Security Adviser to
President Jonathan, Col Sambo Dasuki, affirming that the allegation was laughable.
He said it was becoming a dangerous trend for President Buhari to be trampling
on individuals’ rights in the country.
The activist noted in a statement
he personally signed that, ”quite apart from running a government of vendetta,
there is no way that Gen Buhari can convince Nigerians that only a single
individual, like Col Dasuki, can plan to overthrow a government.”
He said, ” I read with much
disdain the press statement made against the former National Security Adviser
to President Jonathan, Col Sambo Dasuki, that he was arming himself to
overthrow the government of Maj Gen Muhammadu Buhari. It is just simply
laughable, as it is becoming clearer by the day, that this is a vindictive
administration. Even before he was sworn in, Gen Buhari had launched a revenge
mission against AIT, given the very offensive documentary that was run against
Buhari during the campaigns. Next has been Mrs Marilyn Ogar, who was summarily
demoted, by the DSS, for her role during the campaigns too.
He said Buhari was clearly
nursing a grudge against the former NSA similar to the fate he suffered in
Dasuki’s hands, some years back, hence he was on a revenge mission.
”But quite apart from running a
government of vendetta, there is no way that Gen Buhari can convince Nigerians
that only a single individual, like Col Dasuki, can plan to overthrow a
government. Which is why the allegation is laughable. The fact of the presence
of armoured cars in somebody’s compound, cannot in itself without more, signify
an intention to plan a coup, even though Gen Buhari should know better, since
he has been part of the business of planning coups and overthrowing democratic
regimes, in the past. But we are now in a democratic regime, and there can be
no justification whatsoever, for invading the houses of a citizen of Nigeria,
in such gestspo manner, as to deny him access to his family and his lawyers,”
the lawyer said.
”It is becoming a dangerous
fashion for the Gen Buhari administration, to be trampling on the rights of
individuals. Few days after he was sworn in, officers of the NDLEA, stormed the
house of Senator Buruji Kashamu, in an attempt to enforce an illegal
extradition. Presently, the former chief security officer to President Goodluck
Jonathan, is under arrest and is being denied access to his family, lawyers and
doctors. This is totally unacceptable.
Hailing President Buhari’s war
against corruption, he said such must be done within the ambits of the law.
”Whereas we support wholeheartedly, the war against corruption, that is being
prosecuted by the Buhari administration, such must be done under and within the
ambits of the law. To this extent, I can find no justification for the illegal
invasion of the residence of Col Sambo Dasuki.
”The DSS, in carrying out this
invasion, should name the co-conspirators, provide evidence of the likely coup
plot and show us proof that indeed such is seriously being planned, beyond
throwing empty and shallow allegations and brandishing armoured cars, as
evidence of a likely coup.
”I advise the Gen Buhari
administration to settle down to the business of serious governance, name his
cabinet and give Nigeria a true sense of direction, as contained in his
campaign promises, rather than chasing shadows and running a government of
excuses and propaganda.
Group berates Buhari for
‘persecuting’ Dasuki, Odua, Ogar
”The war against corruption is
becoming meaningless, in a regime that is spending a whooping N2.3bn just on a
single trip to the United States of America.”
Credit: Daily Post
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