Former minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has described Senator Godswill Akpabio as unfit to occupy the seat of the Senate President.
Ezekwesili said the Akpabio, representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District, should never have been answering the title of Senator not to talk of “Senate President”.
The former Minister reaction was following the event that took place in the Senate plenary yesterday, where the opposition party, Labour Party, stood their ground in rejection of a name announced by the Senate President as the Chief Whip of the Senate Minority caucus.
Daily9jaInfo recalled that Senator Tony Nwoye of Labour Party, representing Anambra East district challenged Senator Akpabio for trying to chose who becomes the Chief Whip of the Senate Minority caucus.
“We are equals in this country. We are not slaves to anybody and we will never. @NgLabour is the 2nd opposition after PDP. You cannot be imposing Leadership to minority caucus in the senate. Minority should be allowed to choose their Leadership”, Senator Nwoye wrote on X.
We are equals in this country. We are not slaves to anybody and we will never. @NgLabour is the 2nd opposition after PDP. You cannot be imposing Leadership to minority caucus in the senate. Minority should be allowed to choose their Leadership. pic.twitter.com/mnMkQVOi3U
— Senator Dr Tony Nwoye (@SenatorNwoye) November 21, 2023
Reacting, Dr. Ezekwesili said “were it not for the rottenness of the country’s Judiciary”, Akpabio shouldn’t have been answering “senator” not to talk of being a “Senate President”.
She wrote: “Our sharply declining Nigerian Democracy was apparently further assaulted by @Senator_Akpabio who should never have been answering the title of Senator not to talk of “Senate President” were it not for the rottenness of the country’s Judiciary @NGCourtofAppeal that has obviously thrown caution to the wind and allowed itself to be corrupted and captured by decadent politicians.”
“Mr Akpabio is regrettably caught up in the web of Hubris.”
We should remind him and his band of Destroyers of Democracy the wise and legendary words of Marianne Williamson:
“Empires always have the hubris to think they are indestructible, when in fact they are always unsustainable.”
Meanwhile, it was hopeful to see Opposition Party voices finally doing what Democracy demands of them. Kudos to @SenatorNwoye @ireti_kingibe and other Labor Party Senators.
Raise your Collective Voice on all matters that affect the Citizens who elected you into office as Lawmakers @nassnigeria .
It was what we expected of you on those egregious Luxury SUVs you collected or are waiting to collect.
You folks with the People’s Mandate can still lead the way out of the entrapment by this “Monopoly Democracy” of a political class rascality that is now exemplified by Mr Akpabio and his ilk.
