…As Group Denies Statement
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest and try leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, over the association’s comment on plot to forcefully remove the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki.
In a Statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan on Wednesday in Abuja, the opposition party said
such “unguarded statement” echoed the threats by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency, to force out Saraki, from office, describing it as ominous and revealing.
Alleging that the leadership of the group has a divisive agenda quite different from majority of cattle breeders nationwide, the party called for urgent steps to stop them before re-enacting the bloodletting that has taken place in some parts of the country.
Ologbondiyan said:”The PDP is aware that Miyetti Allah does not represent the views and interests of the vast majority of cattle breeders or even any ethnic group in the country.
“We therefore urge all good spirited Nigerians to rise in condemnation of the actions and utterances of these misguided elements, who are being used to attempt a constitutional breach that portends grave danger to national cohesion and our hard earned democracy. “
In a swift reaction, the leadership of the group denied making the statement and attributed it to one of their members who should be disregarded
In a statement by the National Secretary, Baba Uthman Ngelzarma, on Wednesday, the national body dissociated itself from a statement credited to one of its members, Garus Gololo, who had in an interview in Benue state threatened the association will force Saraki out if he does not resign immediately.
Alhaji Garus Gololo, had given the warning in an interview with newsmen in Makurdi on Tuesday, saying ;“Miyetti Allah is looking for a leader that would preside over the affairs of the Senate with ultimate respect for the executive and the judiciary, not someone like Senator Saraki that would always scheme to outdo the Presidency. “We are now tired of Saraki’s style of leadership at the National Assembly. Therefore, we are now warning him to honourably resign his position as president of the Senate or we will force him out,”
Ngelzarman said “Garos Gololo spoke in his personal capacity and has no mandate to speak on behalf of the association.”
