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From Okwe Obi, Abuja
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has flayed the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi, by the National Assembly over N3 trillion budget padding scandal.
HURIWA National Coordinator Emmanuel Onwubiko in a statement yesterday, described the move as a ‘coordinated cover-up.’
Onwubiko claimed that the suspension was hasty and would be interpreted as a negative sign that the National Assembly that ought to be the bastion of civil democracy is being turned into a secret society.
He said: “The Senate ought to have set up a committee to investigate the allegations and allow the members of the Nigerian public to follow up the process so as to get to the very roots of it with a view to ascertaining the veracity or otherwise of such an extensively damaging allegations.
“But instead, the Senate used legislative blackmail, sledgehammer and threats to shut up Senator Abdul Ningi and we the people of Nigeria think that this is an attempt to hide the truth from us. This is unconstitutional and undemocratic.”
