Lawmakers Arrests: NBA, TUC Slam Buhari, DSS, Frown on Dictatorship.

Following the alleged invasion of the Ekiti State House of Assembly and subsequent arrests of four lawmakers and appointees of Governor Ayodele Fayose by the Department of State Services, the Nigerian Bar Association and the organized labour have told President Muhammadu Buhari to drop the toga of dictatorship for the survival of Nigeria’s democracy .

A statement by NBA Chairman, Dr Foluke Dada in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday said the body views the arrest and detention by the DSS as a sharp departure from the tenets of Democracy and a clear contravention of the Law setting up the Institution.

“Above all, the arrest is a clear contravention of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which the DSS is established to uphold at all times when discharging their duties.
“The NBA, mindful of the current fight against corruption, calls upon the authorities involved to uphold the Rule of Law. Hence, the Bar unequivocally condemns the forced entry into the hallowed chambers of the House and the arbitrary arrest of the Law Makers.
“The Branch, while condemning the Commando style of the Department of State Services, asks for the immediate disclosure of the whereabouts of the Law makers and ask that the offences upon which they were arrested be made public”