The Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday said the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, should realize that “his time is up.”
It said Tukur’s reign of impunity and lawlessness has ended.
The faction also said it has mandated its lawyers to press contempt charges against the PDP chairman.
Also, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, has warned warring factions in the party against provocative statements.
The Baraje faction, which made its position known in a statement issued by its National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, said Tukur threats pointed to “not just impunity but also lawlessness and crass ignorance of the tenets of the law and democratic ethos.”
It faulted the press conference addressed by Tukur in Abuja on Wednesday where he threatened to sack members of the National Assembly who have declared support for the Baraje faction and arrest its officers.
The statement said: “We have asked our lawyers to press contempt charges against Tukur because his statement was made in clear contempt of the orders of Lagos High Court which three days ago asked both sides to maintain the status quo. We will ask the court to commit him to jail for his disdain for the law and the judicial system.
“We have always been saying it that Tukur represents everything that must not be seen in a democratic organization. His statement demonstrates not just impunity but also lawlessness and crass ignorance of the tenets of the law and democratic ethos.
“Tukur displayed his disdain for law and order with his threat to order the arrest of law abiding persons in a democracy.
“We ask what powers he has under our laws to make that statement and what gave him the impression that Nigeria has become a police state where impunity reigns and citizens can be arrested at the whim of any power drunk Tzar.
“Fortunately, our country is a democracy under the rule of law and not under the rule of man. The police and our other security agencies cannot be used to further such agenda as being nurtured in the dictatorial mind of Tukur.
source: nigerianeye
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