The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Federal Government to immediately arrest and prosecute leaders of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association for the threat by one Garus Gololo, to force the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki out office.
Gololo who is the coordinator of the association in Benue State, was quoted by a national daily in an interview, to have told Saraki to resign or be forced to do so.
PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the threat has confirmed to Nigerians that the Miyetti Allah group is the military arm of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and agents of the presidency.
“If anything, this unguarded statement by Miyetti Allah has exposed the synergy between the ruling party and some troublesome elements, who are being used to stoke division and create violent crisis that had resulted into daily bloodlettings in various parts of the country,” PDP stated.
According to the party, it is now abundantly clear to Nigerians that those fomenting crisis and bloody clashes in some parts of the country have political backers, who now want to channel them to achieve their unpatriotic quest to subvert the nation’s constitution and forcefully take over the National Assembly.
“Before now, to majority of Nigerians, the Miyetti Allah has always represented the military wing of the APC and the Buhari presidency.
“It is incontrovertible that they have now become the fourth arm of government that can determine when and how to forcefully remove the number three citizen, the President of the Senate.
“It is common knowledge that Mr. President has come under heavy public criticisms on how his body language has condoned the unguarded utterances and actions of these characters,” the statement noted.
PDP described the call as treasonable and inciting, and demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari, should order the arrest and immediate trial of the leadership of this group, within the next 24 hours, “otherwise Nigerians will henceforth hold him directly responsible for the utterances and actions of the Miyetti Allah.”
It added that the party was aware that Miyetti Allah does not represent the views and interests of the vast majority of cattle breeders or even any ethnic group in the country, and therefore, urged all good spirited Nigerians “to rise in condemnation of the actions and utterances of these misguided elements, who are being used to attempt a constitutional breach that portends grave danger to national cohesion and our hard earned democracy.”
