Service Chiefs: Group Accuses Senate, Reps Of Working With ‘Foreign Evil Forces’ To Sabotage Nigeria

The group, National Democratic Front has accused Nigerian senate and House of Representatives of working with ‘foreign allies’ to sabotage the country.

The alleged accusation is coming following the call for the sack of the ‘overstayed’ service chiefs.

BIGPEN Online recalls that the House of Representatives had in a motion moved on Thursday by the Chief Whip of the House, Hon, Mohammed Tahir Mongunu, and 14 others called on the current Service Chiefs to resign or be fired by President Muhammadu Buhari.

But defending the service chiefs, the NDF’s National Secretary, Dr. Abdulkadir Bolaji, while addressing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, said they were shocked that some Reps members have “wittingly subscribed to this hogwash using a protectively deceptive official cover to push this demonic agenda.”

Bolaji said that the resolution was draped with “unpardonable, abominable and suspected secret alliance/connivance with the foreign evil forces against Nigeria.

According to him, “there are some Nigerians who have belabored themselves to discredit Nigeria’s Security leaderships presently battling terrorism, insurrections and insurgencies in the country.

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Bolaji said that the House of Reps “is scheming with underground forces to return back to the dark and inglorious era when external forces reportedly bribed members of NASS to arm-twist Mr. President.

“This was usually done through ceaseless vitriols on his appointees to compel him into making decisions incongruent with the interest of the country. These legislators have sinister motives against Nigeria”, he alleged.

Bolaji said the call for the sack of Security Chiefs is amazing to say the least and a clear attempt to pave the way for defeated insurgents to return Nigeria to the era of blood and tears.

The group also advised that the President should be prepared to slam a state of emergency on any state that falters in securing lives and property of the citizenry.

Bolaji, claimed that with the development, both Senate President, Sen. Ahmed Lawan and House of Reps Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila have diverted attention from NASS’s scandalous controversies and atrocities at the expense of their image and interest of Nigerians.

“The allocation of a huge separate N37 billion for mere renovation NASS complex in 2020 budget, outside the N128 billion allocated for NASS in same fiscal year.

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“Expending a whooping of N5.5 billion to purchase luxury cars for lawmakers in a poverty-stricken country facing hard times have not portrayed them as lawmakers concerned with national interest.

“Same for racketeering of federal jobs at the FIRS, budget padding and recklessness amounting to over N260 billion. Ironically though, both chambers who passed the 2020 budget failed to notice that budgets estimate of some Ministries, Agencies and Departments were excluded in the budget.

He accused the House of Representatives of the wholesome passage of the 2020 Appropriation Act without proper inquest and shutting down of media coverage for budget defence during the passage, saying these are some of their many ills and frustration of progress of Nigeria.

“The House of Reps at this point should concentrate on laundering its battered image, than the preoccupation with calls for sack of Security leaderships which is indubitably outside its purview of responsibilities’, he said.

He said that the Reps “official profligacy designed to benefit their personal pockets, even as he accused them of ignoring pleas from the Army leadership to increase the meagre budgetary allocation to the Nigerian Army.

“During the Military’s defence of its 2020 budget proposal of the military before the House of Representatives Committee on Army, the Reps members were urged them to exempt the army from the existing budget ceiling or envelope allocation system.

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“But they ignored it despite the cogent reasons. But it is the same House of Reps which never gave a thought to it has pleasured to vilify and crucify for failing insecurity in parts of the country by calling for the sack of security chief. This is warped wisdom, official deceit and self-denial.

“Therefore, we state without mincing words that the Reps call for sack or resignation of Security leadership in the country is uncharitable and deliberate mischief by a bunch of failures, in the House trying to hide their real motive”.

“We have no reason to doubt the superlative performance of the current crop of Security leaderships in Nigeria. NDF is proud particularly, with Service Chiefs who are doing their best in the prevailing circumstances and Nigerans are impressed with their efforts so far.

“Let it be known to the House of Rep members that it is unambiguous; Mr. President is on track and will tackle the emergent issues at hand soonest”.