The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given President Muhammadu Buhari 24 hours to arrest leaders of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association over a statement credited to the association’s coordinator in Benue State, Garus Gololo.
Gololo had in an interview with Punch warned Senate President Bukola Saraki to resign or be forced out of office.
“It is on this note that we are saying that Saraki ought not to be in office again as Senate President. More so, Saraki has failed to coordinate and organise the National Assembly to offer quality legislation that Nigerians need.
“Nigerians are in dire need of people that have the interest of the masses. 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”, Gololo was quoted as saying.
Reacting in a statement on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said Galolo’s statement echoed the threats by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and agents of the Buhari Presidency, to force Saraki out.
It said the statement “has exposed the synergy between the ruling party and some troublesome elements, who are being used to stoke division and create violent crisis that had resulted into daily bloodlettings in various parts of the country.”
The PDP accused Miyetti Allah of being the military wing of the APC and the Buhari Presidency.
“It is incontrovertible that they have now become the fourth arm of government that can determine when and how to forcefully remove the number three citizen, the President of the Senate,” the statement added.
In the light of the statement, The PDP said, “we demand that President Muhammadu Buhari, should within the next 24 hours, order the arrest and commence immediate trial of the leadership of this group, otherwise Nigerians will henceforth hold him directly responsible for the utterances and actions of the Miyetti Allah.”
