Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu has criticized the action of the Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai who allegedly demolished the Secretariat of a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The demolition was reported to have occurred around 4am on Tuesday.
Presiding over plenary, Ekweremadu declared that the Senate condemns the act and that democracy has no place for such “tyranny and impunity” by the Governor El-Rufai.
He said: “Let me just say this is actually condemnable and send my sympathy to Sen. Hunkunyi on the destruction of your house. Democracy has no place for tyranny and this kind of impunity. So if you decide to go on the path of democracy, we must accept some of the things that come with it and one is the rule of law.
“So if you have any form of grievance, it should be centered to the law court and not using force or the weight of the office. This is one of the reason Nigerians are opposed to the issue of immunity especially immunity for executives.
“This is something that we need to watch. As we head into 2019, I would appeal to politicians not to overheat the system and then impede our democracy. There is a limit to the patience of our people. So I just do hope that this is the end to this kind of incidence in any part of the country.
“If people have grievances they have the court there to settle it. And our courts are trusted to ensure that justice is delivered to whoever justice is due. If this is true the governor should make efforts to replace the house or rebuild the house or repay him as compensation.”
