The Peoples Democratic Party caucus at the House of Representatives has said that for supporting the emergence of Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila as the Majority Leader of the 8th Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari is not a man of his words.
During an interactive session with journalists, Gbajabiamila had revealed that he wanted to drop out of the Majority leader race but he didn’t because the president and his party urged him not to.
He said “But, on principle, the President did not accept it (that he should give up fighting); my party did not accept it and I thank God for the kind of confidence they have in me to be able to deliver the goods for the party. Who am I to say no? It was on principle that we stayed on course.”
Speaking on behalf of the caucus, the minority whip of the house said “However, with the latest revelation by Gbajabiamila, we are not sure who is telling the truth between the two men.
“It is either one of them lied to Nigerians or both men jointly and separately lied.
“If as Gbajabiamila claimed, Buhari did influence his emergence as House leader, it will rather be unfortunate that the President is not a man of his words and Nigerians should now begin to scrutinise every word that emanates from him.
“We are alarmed by this development because it portends grave danger for our democracy and the independence of the legislature.
“The President must resist the temptation to use his power and influence to compromise the institution of the National Assembly by directly involving himself in the process of emergence of the principal officers of the House.”
