Senator Lampoons Oshiomhole, ‘You Need Proper Education On Democracy’

Lawmaker representing Nasarawa North, Senator Philip Gyunka, says the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, needs proper education on democracy.

Gyunka said this at a rally to mark his official declaration to run for the 2019 Nasarawa State governorship election, on Wednesday, in Lafia.

According to him, any plot by APC Senators to illegally impeach the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, will be strongly resisted.

He pointed out that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers were already keeping vigil to stop any of such moves.

Gyunka, who expressed concern over the role played by Oshiomhole, said the former APC national chairman needs to know that the Presidency of the Senate “is not unionism”.

The senator said the position of the Constitution on who should be President of the Senate was clear, noting that a lawmaker can be president of the senate irrespective of party affiliation.

“Besides that, there are conditions for impeachment should lawmakers be dissatisfied with whoever they chose to lead them,” he said.

“The law is clear on this. If two third majorities say they do not want him, he will be removed.

“But for Oshiomhole to keep threatening that Saraki must be impeached when he is not a lawmaker, beats my imagination.

“It is obvious from all his threats that there might be plans to do something unlawful, which we will resist vehemently.

“It beats my imagination that Nigeria, a country that should play the big brother when it comes to respect for the rule of law would be disgracing itself before the international community with this kind of development.

“We are keeping watch on their plans.

“If they want the Senate President removed, which is impossible they must have two third majorities.

“They have been attempting and failing. I know they will still make attempts but they will not succeed because I know Nigerians will not allow them to make mockery of the nation’s democracy.

“If you hear a lawmaker speaking, he is speaking the minds of thousands of people.

“How then should someone, who was appointed and has neither gone to the rural areas to feel the pulse of the people, nor held town hall meeting be insisting that a man that was duly chosen by his colleagues be removed at all course.

“Oshiomhole should be educated that this is not unionism. This is an issue that has to do with the Constitution and we will not allow him to violate it.”