The Senate on Thursday reacted to the letter written by the embattled Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, over his refusal to honor its invitation.
Mr Lawal’s no-show came a day after the customs boss, Hammed Ali, refused to appear before the Senate on the premise that it would be subjudice since a legal practitioner had asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to restrain the National Assembly from compelling him to wear uniform in the performance of his duties.
Reacting, the spokesman to the Senate, Abdullahi Sabi, stated that Lawal’s letter stating that he would not appear before the Senate Committee on the Humanitarian Crisis in North-East because he had gone to court to challenge his invitation was implausible.
He said Mr Lawal’s pretext implied that the Legislature can equally go to court to stop the entire government headed by President Muhamamdu Buhari, from working.
Mr Sabi said Nigeria’s democracy was heading towards total destruction, because of the refusal of the cabals in Aso Rock to honour legislative summons.
“We are performing our constitutional mandate, and if anybody is going to court to stop us, then what it means is that we should all go to court and stop the entire government from working,” Mr Sani said.
“That is exactly what we are saying; that if this (refusal to honour Legislative summons) continues to happen, then goodbye to democracy. It means I can even go to court to stop you from doing your work.
“We will see how that will continue to play out, and I think this is the end of democracy in Nigeria, if that continues to play out.”
