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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