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The Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) at the weekend called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgent national importance save Nigeria's democracy.
According to the ZLP, the President's political surrogates' actions are risking throwing away "our baby democracy with the bathwater" especially with some political crisis already brewing in some states, which are heating up the polity and leading to the Supreme Court.
Speaking to Journalists at Abuja, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, National Chairman of ZLP, said that they convened an emergency meeting because of anti-democratic music booming in Rivers, Osun and Lagos States.
He said "We of ZLP sincerely bemoaned the ugly and anti-democratic music booming in Rivers, Osun and Lagos States. We call on President Tinubu to halt the less than melodic music forthwith, especially when it is allegedly emanating from his political surrogates Ministers Nyesom Wike, Oyetola and Honourable Obasa of Lagos State House of Assembly.
"We caution against Osun and Lagos States rehearsing the Wild Wild West and Rivers State rehearsing the dangerous militancy in the oil region as witnessed in the past." Nwanyanwu stated
When reminded that Mr. President cannot interfere in legal matters, Nwanyanwu replied that in as much as ZLP subscribes to the rule of law, it is our considered view that sometimes political solutions become handy.
"What is the legal status of 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected from the political party that sponsored them to another political party in the absence of division in Leadership position at the National level of that Party? And what is the effect of the affidavit sworn on oath by them admitting defecting to another political party? he queried
He added "As if that was not enough, attempt are now being made to withdraw the same affidavit sworn to by them to enable them eat their cake and still had it. It is common sense that they have left their political party by the very acts carried out by them in December, 2023.
"Even an unborn child can attest to the very act of defection, announcements and video recordings of same as well as well as the reception organized by the Party they decamped into. That is the background or basis of the crisis that led to the withholding of funds and other ancillary matters.
"Abuse of privilege and opportunities has now become the order of the day. And we cannot all keep quiet. Recall when you and I were struggling for survival of democracy in 1993 in Late M.K.O Abiola (denied Elected President of Nigeria) house as our meeting point, these characters where not near or close to you in the struggle.
"In sum, the ZLP submitted that the intervention of Mr. President is very urgent because we live in a region where democracy is regrettably in recession"
He hinted that this is how political crisis of Wild Wild West started in the past in Nigeria.
"Imagine the unintended consequence of the Wild Wild West and the dire economic consequence, if in less than transparent manner, His Excellency Sim Fubara, Governor of Rivers State is impeached and in reaction the Ijaw boys start sabotaging oil flow?
"Is it not an irony that withholding of Local Government Funds under whatever forum shopping is happening under President Tinubu?" Nwanyanwu asked