A group identified as National Democratic Front (NDF) has accused the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, of being in the forefront of a grand plot to discredit the government of President Buhari.
The Secretary General of NDF, Abdukakadir Bolaji, made this claim on Sunday in Abuja.
A statement signed by Bolaji is quoted to have said that there is a grand plot to discredit the administration of President Buhari and Mr Gbajabiamila appears to be in forefront.
This comes after Gbajabiamila’s statement on Friday, where he appeared to have chided the Service Chiefs for failing to honour invitation to the lower chamber.
The group said that it was appalled by the “careless utterances of the Speaker” who vowed to report the Foreign Affairs Minister to the President over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
Advising the Speaker not to return to the era where instead of parliamentary functions, the legislature issued summons to heads of critical agencies as bait for extortion, the NDF therefore urged Gbajabiamila to retrace his steps and not bow to any pressure to derail the country’s democracy.
“The National Democratic Front is appalled by the careless utterances of the Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, which by and large presents a despicable picture to members of the unsuspecting general public on how some political office holders though holding sensitive positions of authority, but not in tune with the realities on the ground in the country.
“The statements by the Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives gives a picture of one that is deluded by the paraphernalia of the Office of the Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives to think that the Federal House of Representatives is a parallel government in Nigeria.
“The carelessness, as well as the recklessness in the statements credited to the Speaker, is indicative of a grand plot by some unscrupulous elements within and outside government circles to discredit the efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari led administration in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria, as well as the securing the lives and properties of Nigerians in Nigeria and in the Diaspora.
“It is indeed ironic that the Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives has chosen the dishonourable path of displaying arrogance and blind ambition to play to the gallery on issues of national interest to the detriment of over 180 million Nigerians,” Bolaji stated.
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