The Speaker of House of Representatives of Nigeria, Rt. Hon.
Waziri Tambuwal, has reacted to the incident that led to the stopping and
searching of his official car in Kaduna last week Monday. Tambuwal stated that
he is not above the law to subject himself to be scrutinised at any time. However,
he pointed out that he expected to enjoy some protocol and privilege as the
speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria.
"I want to state that I am not above the law. As recently as
last week Wednesday when I was travelling to Paris, I subjected myself to
screening by staff of the Air France here at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport.
"My luggage was requested to be searched, and I obliged
them; I gave them my luggage. My physical person was frisked, and I allowed
that happen without any resistance. That is to show everyone that I am not
averse to being subjected to scrutiny or screening by constituted authorities.
"The difference between that and what happened in Kaduna is
the fact that I was expected to enjoy some protocol and privilege as the
speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria. More so, from the
authorities established by law.
"Several times that I go out of this country, I have been
extended courtesies and privileges whereby even my own luggage were not
subjected to that because I am the speaker of the House.
"No one out there should have any impression that any of us
here in the House of Representatives or in the National Assembly is above the
law; that is not the message we are sending. What we are talking about is the
institution of the legislature and not the individuals that are constituted in
the Nigerian legislature. Thank you all for your support, and I thank every
Nigerian for their concern on what transpired in Kaduna on Monday," he
declared.
Meanwhile, the House has mandated its joint committees on
Defence, Army, Police, Interior, Public Safety and National Security to probe
the security operatives’ incident, which stopped and searched official
motorcade of the speaker, Tambuwal.
The probe followed a point of order raised by Hon. Ogbuefi
Ozombachi, and the committees were directed to submit their report in one week.
11 Comments
Probe ke? Why didn't ge probe those in air France
ReplyDeleteHd preferred to trek than to be searched dat was h's decision..sure d security officers wia doin dier jobs
ReplyDeleteHe's d no 4 citizens of ds country n shudnt be stopped to be searched, his official car for da matter
ReplyDeleteTz wrong
ReplyDeleteSom1 sent drm
ReplyDeleteGud for dem if thy re probed
ReplyDeleteMstchewwwwwww....mak we hear word
ReplyDeleteHe allowed d search becos it isn't nig peepz involved
ReplyDeleteIs he supposed to be searched?
ReplyDeleteHumiliation
ReplyDeleteOh sory...lol!
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