Snatched mace: Omo-Agege’s kinsman calls for senator’s recall

Frank Tietie, one of the constituents of the suspended lawmaker
representing Delta Central senatorial district, Senator Ovie
Omo-Agege has called on other members of the senatorial district to
immediately commence the recall process of the embattled lawmaker
if found to have caused the snatching of the mace from the Senate
floor on Wednesday.

He condemned the reported brigandage at the National Assembly,
where it was reported that unknown persons associated with the
suspended Senator, Omo-Agege demobilized the security of the
National Assembly and stole the mace of the Senate during plenary,
taking same to unknown location.

Reacting in a statement sent to our reporter, Tietie, who is the
Executive Director of Citizens Advocacy For Social & Economic
Rights, CASER, stated that where it becomes unequivocally clear
that Senator Omo-Agege was directly responsible for this
disgraceful act, he must be punished according law.

He categorically stated that upon such an establishment of
malfeasance by the suspended senator, the Urhobo people must
immediately commence a recall process against him with alacrity
since “they are known to be peaceful people have a reputation for
using the process of the law to settle all disputes with
authorities and in most cases with persons”.

The statement reads, “This (what happened in the Senate) is a
national disgrace and raises serious questions of complicity,
conspiracy, dereliction, incompetence and negligence. This sad
event symbolises the comatose state of affairs regarding our
national ethos as a people and a country.

“It is more worrisome to me that this disgraceful act is
associated with the prompting of a supposed senator representing
the Urhobo people who constitute Delta Central Senatorial District
of Delta State .

“While at the time of this writing, it has been confirmed to me
that the said Senator ovie Omo-Agege has been arrested in
connection with this latest desecration of the National Assembly,
it is my sincere hope that his involvement is not true.

“However, where it becomes unequivocally clear that Senator Ovie
Omo Agege is directly responsible for this disgraceful act, he must
be punished according law. In fact, upon such an establishment of
malfeasance by the suspended senator, the Urhobo people must
immediately commence a recall process against him with alacrity
.
“While Omo Agege remains an Urhobo man and should expect my love at
all times, this act, if associated with him must be vehemently
rejected by the Urhobo People .

“The Urhobo people are known to be peaceful people have a
reputation for using the process of the law to settle all disputes
with authorities and in most cases with persons. A quick check at
the historicity and socio cultural development of the of the
peoples of the Niger Delta area show the Urhobos as a people who
value due process. They show a great degree of respect for the
lawful authority of government and the sanctity of the law courts .
This accounts for the high number of qualified lawyers and Senior
Advocates of Nigeria of Urhobo origin despite being just well over
5 million in population by latest demographics.

“The Urhobo people to whom I owe my moral and cultural
upbringing with a deep sense of gratitude cannot be associated with
such disgraceful acts.

“I hereby call on the leadership of the National Assembly to
urgently review the security situation of the country which should
become more apparent to it by now that it cannot be more shambolic
than a situation where the mace of the Senate would be forcefully
seized in broad day light during plenary and taken to an unknown
destination by unknown persons.

“Thus, the security chiefs of the National Assembly must
immediately resign on account of this gross dereliction of duty and
crass incompetence in the management of the security of the
National Assembly .

“Also, the Department of State Services (DSS) must not leave any
stone unturned in unravelling all those behind this latest disgrace
that has redefined Nigeria’s rank in infamy among the comity of
nations. “There must be a swift response.”

Frank Tietie, one of the constituents of the suspended lawmaker
representing Delta Central senatorial district, Senator Ovie
Omo-Agege has called on other members of the senatorial district to
immediately commence the recall process of the embattled lawmaker
if found to have caused the snatching of the mace from the Senate
floor on Wednesday.

He condemned the reported brigandage at the National Assembly,
where it was reported that unknown persons associated with the
suspended Senator, Omo-Agege demobilized the security of the
National Assembly and stole the mace of the Senate during plenary,
taking same to unknown location.

Reacting in a statement sent to our reporter, Tietie, who is the
Executive Director of Citizens Advocacy For Social & Economic
Rights, CASER, stated that where it becomes unequivocally clear
that Senator Omo-Agege was directly responsible for this
disgraceful act, he must be punished according law.

He categorically stated that upon such an establishment of
malfeasance by the suspended senator, the Urhobo people must
immediately commence a recall process against him with alacrity
since “they are known to be peaceful people have a reputation for
using the process of the law to settle all disputes with
authorities and in most cases with persons”.

The statement reads, “This (what happened in the Senate) is a
national disgrace and raises serious questions of complicity,
conspiracy, dereliction, incompetence and negligence. This sad
event symbolises the comatose state of affairs regarding our
national ethos as a people and a country.

“It is more worrisome to me that this disgraceful act is
associated with the prompting of a supposed senator representing
the Urhobo people who constitute Delta Central Senatorial District
of Delta State .

“While at the time of this writing, it has been confirmed to me
that the said Senator ovie Omo-Agege has been arrested in
connection with this latest desecration of the National Assembly,
it is my sincere hope that his involvement is not true.

“However, where it becomes unequivocally clear that Senator Ovie
Omo Agege is directly responsible for this disgraceful act, he must
be punished according law. In fact, upon such an establishment of
malfeasance by the suspended senator, the Urhobo people must
immediately commence a recall process against him with alacrity
.
“While Omo Agege remains an Urhobo man and should expect my love at
all times, this act, if associated with him must be vehemently
rejected by the Urhobo People .

“The Urhobo people are known to be peaceful people have a
reputation for using the process of the law to settle all disputes
with authorities and in most cases with persons. A quick check at
the historicity and socio cultural development of the of the
peoples of the Niger Delta area show the Urhobos as a people who
value due process. They show a great degree of respect for the
lawful authority of government and the sanctity of the law courts .
This accounts for the high number of qualified lawyers and Senior
Advocates of Nigeria of Urhobo origin despite being just well over
5 million in population by latest demographics.

“The Urhobo people to whom I owe my moral and cultural
upbringing with a deep sense of gratitude cannot be associated with
such disgraceful acts.

“I hereby call on the leadership of the National Assembly to
urgently review the security situation of the country which should
become more apparent to it by now that it cannot be more shambolic
than a situation where the mace of the Senate would be forcefully
seized in broad day light during plenary and taken to an unknown
destination by unknown persons.

“Thus, the security chiefs of the National Assembly must
immediately resign on account of this gross dereliction of duty and
crass incompetence in the management of the security of the
National Assembly .

“Also, the Department of State Services (DSS) must not leave any
stone unturned in unravelling all those behind this latest disgrace
that has redefined Nigeria’s rank in infamy among the comity of
nations. “There must be a swift response.”