Atiku Advises Jonathan Not Heating Up The Society

Atiku Abubakar, ex Vice-President, has
criticized what he described as the rough
methods the President Goodluck Jonathan's
government is using to weaken and humiliate
alleged political enemies.

The former Vice President reacting to the incident at
the National Assembly on Thursday said in a
statement by his media office that the 'siege
mentality' of the president's administration poses
serious threats to country's democracy, the rule of
law and the separation of powers as preserved in
the 1999 constitution as edited.

Atiku said, "Obviously, the emergency rule has
failed to stem the unrest. The Federal Government
must work with, rather than against those who
understand and have been elected by the people to
govern."

According to him the supposed rough show of power
by Jonathan and his agents foreshadows gloomy
signals for the future of our democracy, which was
not a surprise as president did not partake in the
pricy fight that brought our current democracy into
existence.

He said the behaviour of the PDP-led government to
Tambuwal was not decent and adequate under a
president that has dedicated himself to uphold the
rule of law.
"This crisis highlights the absolute failure of the
current PDP's idea of government: arrogant,
indifferent and incompetent," Atiku said.

He lamented that abuse of power by using state
agents to weaken, threaten and humiliate alleged
opponents by the president was not only capable of
heating the society on alarming scale, but also
carried the risks of separating and politicising
security operatives in the country.

Posted By David Aniemeka