ADC weighs, says Shettimo said the truth about Emergen …- Theconclaveng


The African Democratic Congress (ADC) opposition, on Friday, rejected the clarifications of the declaration of the presidency of the vice -president Kashim Shettimo according to which the president does not have the power to remove an elected governor.

Rejecting the refutation by the presidency as “a simple attempt at political correctness”, ADC asked for the end of what described as the illegal acquisition of the state of rivers by the Bola Tinubu administration.

The party, therefore, requested that Tinubu “offers an without reservations to the Nigerian people for this abuse of power and the clear contempt for the constitutional order that took place under his watch”.

In a declaration by the secretary and spokesperson for the national interim advertising of the party, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party, underlining that the truth must not be lost in the fog of political correctness, urged the vice -president to be next to his declaration at the level and courageous, who states that the president does not have a constitutional power to remove an elected councilor, not to speak of a seated government.

The statement recited:

“This simple truth, which is anchored by the Nigerian Constitution, must not be lost in the fog of the political correctness that is currently issuing by ASO ROCK. The truth does not respect political correctness, because what is wrong is wrong. What has made the removal of an incorrect elected government in the case of the Casuss of the Casuss of the Casuss of the Casuss of the Casuss of the Casuss of the Casustugo Casustation in the case in the case in a house in the house Succession household in housewives Elupero in Casuivuto Somerio in Casuivere in Casuivere in Casuivera in Casuivutto Somere in Cas.

“In telling his own ordeal under the Jonathan administration, the vice -president reminded the Nigerians that when the idea of ​​removing him as a governor of the State of Borno was floating, the then president of the Chamber of representatives, the Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, the ground was found and told the President who did not have the power to remove an elected adviser. Retaler general at the time, Mohammed. Also said to President Jonathan that the president of Nigeria does not have the power under the establishment of removing a governor elected by the office.

“This is not only the story. It is previous. But unlike Jonathan, who has been widely acclaimed as a respector of the law, President Tinubu has chosen to ignore the laws themselves that he sworn to support and travel the path of a dangerous prevention. Day.

“To avoid doubts, the breakdown of the law and the order that the presidency has lined up as a pretext to overthrow the democratic order in the state of sparrows is nothing compared to the Rappery Flag in these terrible circumstances, President Jonathan recognized the limits of his constitutional powers and respected it.

“In this regard, the ADC then invites President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately restore democratic governance in the state of rivers, cease all illegal interference in the affairs of the state and stop the unconstitutional actions that have aroused democratic domain in that state. We further ask that the president we offer an effectiveness in the process of vision.

“The ADC will continue to be with the Nigerian people in defense of democracy, justice and constitutionalism”.

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