HURIWA Condemns Invasion of Senate, Calls for Prosecution of Perpetrators

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A pro-democracy and non-governmental organisation, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Wednesday strongly condemned the armed invasion of the Senate chambers and the theft of the mace by hoodlums.

Describing the attack as a dangerous precedent and a deadly on a key institution of constitutional democracy, the group accused the executive arm of government that controls the security forces of collusion and conspiracy in the “disgraceful episode at the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

HURIWA has also called for the immediate convocation of a judicial commission of inquiry to be drawn entirely from the Federal Judicial Service Commission to be headed by a serving judge of the Supreme Court to investigate the invasion and make recommendation on how to safeguards the integrity and honour of the country's constitutional democracy in the face of the attack on a key component of governmental powers.

The group, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, and the National Media Affairs Director, Miss Zainab Yusuf, further called for the arrest of the sponsors of the invasion and the attackers and be prosecuted for treason.

According to the statement, “The criminal act of violence and depravity visited on the National Assembly by armed goons suspected to have been brought by a suspended Senator Omo – Agege must not be allowed to go unpunished. The criminal and shameful act is truly an attempt to overthrow the legitimately constituted authority of the legislative arm of government.

“There is no doubt that the invasion of the Senate by the unruly mob is not just a slap on the integrity of the legislature, but has brought global scorn on Nigeria coupled with the general state of insecurity and coordinated killings of innocent citizens by armed Fulani herdsmen.

“We therefore call on President Muhammadu Buhari to take measures to sanction or sack all the heads of the security forces who have shown a high level of professional incompetence because clearly, the state of insecurity has expanded even as the attack on the senate is a further proof that the president may have run out of useful ideas on how to protect lives and property of Nigerians.”

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