NANS condemns invasion of National Assembly by security agencies

THE National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the recent invasion of the National Assembly complex by operatives of the State Security Service without authorization from the presidency.

In a statement to the newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja which was signed by the National Vice President (External affairs), Taiwo Bamigbade, the students’ apex body condemned the incident which it described as attempted coup.

The statement reads “The action was indeed an affront to the democracy in place in Nigeria and should be thoroughly investigated for necessary actions. On no account will the excesses of the agency be justified except it could be established there was tipoffs of attacks by external forces which there was none”.

NANS Vice President stated that the body commended the timely intervention of the acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo particularly showing the former DSS boss the back door from the agency immediately which convinces that the acting president is not a rubber stamp as believed in some quarters.

It is inarguable that democracy triumphs only where there is rule of law and separation of powers, and therefore politics must always be played within the ambit of the law.

We therefore use the opportunity to call on the government to also look into other excesses of the agency in the past three years which includes disobedience to court orders and indiscriminate detention of some persons in its custody, Bamigbade said.

NANS also commended the federal government for the increment on the allowances of National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members which it said was a step in the right direction towards motivating the corpers for improved productivity in the one-year national service scheme

Bamigbade also reminded the federal government of its 3-month ultimatum for the resolution of NOUN/Law school crisis which has impeded innocent Nigerian students from getting admission into the Nigerian Law School since five years for no justifiable cause other than pull-down syndrome and politics. The ultimatum terminates in August.