IPOB: Saraki Is Crying More Than The Bereaved, Says House Of Reps Leader, Doguwa

Abuja (AN24)-The Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, has described the Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s statement as political, saying it amounts to crying more than the bereaved.

Doguwa’s criticism of Saraki follows the Senate President’s faulting of the military’s declaraton of the Independent People Of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group.

Saraki had on Monday stated that the military has no constitutional power to declare any group a terrorist organisation, noting that the due process was not followed.

In his reaction, Doguwa, also a member of the All Progressives Congress, said the senate president’s stance was “a mere political statement.”

“For me, the recent comment made by the Senate President on this matter was a mere political statement that would only portray him as a controversial leader,” he said.

Doguwa said considering the attacks allegedly meted out on innocent Nigerians by the IPOB group in the South-east and the conduct of northern governors to stop possible reprisals in the North, the senate president’s statement was unnecessary.

“I am sure the senate president was only expressing his personal opinion, which I further believe was not a good one in the given circumstances.”

“The Nigerian Armed forces in my opinion are doing their best professionally and in the best interest of a united Nigeria.”

“Even the South-eastern state governors have declared the activities of Kanu’s IPOB as illegal and therefore proscribed. He (Senate President) can’t cry more than the bereaved,” Mr. Doguwa said.