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Friday, 21 November 2014

MY ASSAULTS IS A SACRIFICE OF LEADERSHIP....DAVID MARK


So it was true that the Senate president was actually assaulted by a legislator! Senator David Mark has confirmed that a legislator named Hon. Abdulmalik Cheche assaulted him, and he said he has since forgiven him, Senator Mark went further to say “It is a sacrifice I am prepared to accept. I was physically stopped at the gate and booked from accessing the National Assembly complex for about an hour. I was also tear gassed at the lobby of the White House as I made my return from the Green Chamber. Mark made this statement through his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan,
                              
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” In all these, I  bear no ill feeling . AbdulMalik (Cheche) is my colleague. I have forgiven him. I believe we can continue to work together in the interest of peace and sustenance of democracy.”

Narrating what happened inside the lower chamber; the Senate president said his visit was to ascertain the safety of Speaker Aminu Tambuwal and his colleagues.

“I also went to confer with Mr. Speaker on the need to suspend plenary in both Chambers in order to restore sanity to an environment that had turned restive and becoming uncontrollable.

“My intention was to safeguard the sanctity of the hallowed Chamber and to guarantee the respect of the legislature. I consider the unwarranted and needless attack on my person by Hon. Abdulmalik Usman Cheche.

“Like I have repeatedly said, I will do anything necessary to keep the sanctity of the parliament as an institution and safeguard the respect of every legislator.

” I therefore urge all political actors to always remember that we must first have  a nation before we can achieve our various individual ambitions.

“We must at all times restrain ourselves from actions that cannot add value to our hard earned democracy.

“We should remain guided by the rules no matter how strongly we perceive our positions to be the most appropriate.”

He described his experience in the hands of the lawmaker as “his prize and sacrifice for leadership.”


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