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President Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have commended the nation's police for their action against the speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal.
The president, speaking through a spokesperson, said that the police were merely enforcing their 'constitutional duty' to keep the peace, and they acted independent of his command.
PDP condemned Tambuwal and other lawmakers for forcing their way through the police phalanx, and wondered what the case would have been, had there not been security operatives.
“The whole scenario as we witnessed it is rather unfortunate,” Doyin Okupe, a presidential spokesperson, told reporters Thursday afternoon, hours after the siege.
“We wish that at all times national interest should supersede all other interests including personal and political interests,” he said.
Mr. Okupe defended the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, saying the police chief was doing his job by deploying scores of officers to the assembly.
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The president, speaking through a spokesperson, said that the police were merely enforcing their 'constitutional duty' to keep the peace, and they acted independent of his command.
PDP condemned Tambuwal and other lawmakers for forcing their way through the police phalanx, and wondered what the case would have been, had there not been security operatives.
“The whole scenario as we witnessed it is rather unfortunate,” Doyin Okupe, a presidential spokesperson, told reporters Thursday afternoon, hours after the siege.
“We wish that at all times national interest should supersede all other interests including personal and political interests,” he said.
Mr. Okupe defended the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, saying the police chief was doing his job by deploying scores of officers to the assembly.
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Source: #PremiumTimes