The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the invasion of the Federal High Court by operatives of the Department of State Security Services(DSS) has confirmed that Nigeria, under the President Muhammadu Buhari, is finally sliding into a frightening dictatorship.
PDP insisted that the invasion of the court was a vindication of its earlier stand that the nation was no longer governed by democratic principles of rule of law and dictates of the constitution.
A statement by PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan reads: “Today, the world watched with shock as operatives of the Presidency-controlled DSS, in a most horrific manner, swooped on the court, held the judiciary to ransom, disrupted proceedings, scared away
the judge, chased away lawyers and journalists, attacked and re-arrested persons standing trial within the precincts of the court, in a manner that can only be obtainable in Idi Amin’s Uganda.
“The invasion is in a forceful suspension of our constitutional order and a further battering of the judiciary, which points to an emerging lawlessness that can only find space in a military regime.
“Indeed, this is not the Nigeria our citizens yearn for and it is imperative to restate that Nigeria, under the Buhari Presidency, is fast sliding into a dark country where, laws are suspended, the judiciary is assaulted and citizens are stripped of their fundamental rights.”
PDP urged well meaning Nigerians and the “international community to call the Buhari Presidency to order before its actions derail our nation and trigger a breakdown of law and order in the land.”
“The international community must have more than a passing glance at the situation in Nigeria as any crisis in our country, God forbid, given our population, is capable of having a negative spill over effect across the
African continent and other parts of the world.
“We urge Nigerians across board, irrespective of political, religious and ethnic affiliation, to unite in condemnation of dictatorial tendencies of the present administration and in defending our democracy and unity as a nation,” the statement added.
