A former deputy national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has advised President Bola Tinubu not to allow despotic and unpatriotic elements to destroy the present democratic process.
Chief George in an open letter sent to the president entitled “From Osun to Lagos and Rivers: Darkness Looms,” noted that Nigeria is becoming an embarrassment in the comity of nations due to some actions taken so far which defy logic.
He said the council crisis in Osun state a few weeks ago which led to killings was not only illogical but heartless.
The letter reads: “We now have a situation in which some people interpreted the law to suit their selfish interests. What happened in Osun is a straightforward case, but government officials at the federal level complicated the situation with unnecessary interpretation of the law.
“In Nigeria, the law is being turned upside down and this is dangerous to our democracy
“Why are people so desperate? What exactly is the issue? Can’t we do something with decorum?
“Some of us are worried because we lived through what happened in the First Republic which started in 1962 and what happened in the Second Republic which started in 1983. Tinubu should not allow a reenactment of the collapse of these republics.
“Look at what is happening in the Lagos state House of Assembly, it is absolute lunacy. Thirty six out of 40 members impeached Mudashiru Obasa and since then, we have witnessed this embarrassing show of shame.
“To say the return of Obasa as speaker on Monday is shocking is an understatement. It is an international embarrassment and the joke is on the presidency.”
On Rivers state, he said it is a total mess.