Clark’s Call For Coup Shocking, Irresponsible, Says Oshiomhole

*Says Clark Owes Nigerians Apology, Should Be Charged For
Treason

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said that the Senior Advocate of
Nigeria (SAN), Roberts Clark, should not only apologise to
Nigerians but also be charged for treason for calling for military
to take over in Nigeria.

Speaking when he hosted LAWSAN in his private office in Abuja on
Friday, the former Edo State governor, argued that anyone familiar
with the actions and inactions of military rule should not think
that Nigerian Army should be entrusted with the administration of
the country.

“Incidentally, I watched on a national television one of your
very senior colleagues, Chief Roberts Clark (SAN), I was shocked
when I saw him calling on the President to handover to the
military, I thought that was the hight of irresponsibility, giving
his knowledge, giving his age and a very senior member of the bar
and what is it that he wanted? He wants a military that will
restructure Nigeria.

“It is again for me senseless because the structure as it is
today, who put it in place? who overthrown the parliamentary
system? The parliamentary system was overthrown by the Nigerian
military, that is on record. Who created 12 states from the four
regions by decree? It was the military.

“The current 36 states and FCT who created it by military
decree? It as the military. How can anybody who has lived through
and who is familiar with our journey as Nation think that the
solution to our problems as a Nation is to handover to the
military? I thought, talking about the rule of Law that is
treason.

“You know we have freedom of speech but it does not include the
freedom to canvass unlawful means to effect a change. When you
canvas unlawful means, then you should be arraigned before a court
of law and dealt with according to the law. Ignorance is not even
an excuse in law not talk of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

“I think that even in our moment of distress and regardless of
what anybody thinks, the world is resolved and Nigeria is part of
it that never again shall we be governed by an unelected
government, never, we don’t want unelected Angels.

“Clark, I have a lot of respect for him. When I see him on
television I like to watch him because you can’t take it away from
him because he has made his on contributions but I was shocked that
he could result to unlawful suggestions as to how to solve our
problems.

“Even his prescription did not benefit from his own experience
in life, if the military has solution Nigeria would have been the
greatest country on earth, if dictatorship is the answer.

I think when it comes to the rule of law, it does not flourish
under dictatorship.
“The first thing that suffers under military is the rule of law
because the process of making law will be appropriated by the
military. The thing that we will be missing is parliament where you
can canvass and your input to dispute to agree or disagree.

“So for anyone who is familiar with this to think that Nigerian
Army should be entrusted I thought Clark owns Nigerians an
apology,” he said.

Speaking further, he dismissed the call for the dividing the
country, emphasizing: “I am also not agreeing with those who think
of dis-membering Nigeria. They say let everybody go their own way.
Nigeria is not a reality. Those ones are poor students of
history.

“Why is Europe spending so much time forming the European Union
to create a larger market. Recently we signed the African Trade
Agreement so that Nigeria can access a bigger market. We already
have a local market of 200 million, if we can keep it flourishing
and increase the purchasing power of the citizens, we already have
a huge market. They should be an asset. That diversity should be an
assest.

The leader of the association, Blessing Agbomher had earlier
presented letter of invitation to the former Edo governor.

*Says Clark Owes Nigerians Apology, Should Be Charged For
Treason

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said that the Senior Advocate of
Nigeria (SAN), Roberts Clark, should not only apologise to
Nigerians but also be charged for treason for calling for military
to take over in Nigeria.

Speaking when he hosted LAWSAN in his private office in Abuja on
Friday, the former Edo State governor, argued that anyone familiar
with the actions and inactions of military rule should not think
that Nigerian Army should be entrusted with the administration of
the country.

“Incidentally, I watched on a national television one of your
very senior colleagues, Chief Roberts Clark (SAN), I was shocked
when I saw him calling on the President to handover to the
military, I thought that was the hight of irresponsibility, giving
his knowledge, giving his age and a very senior member of the bar
and what is it that he wanted? He wants a military that will
restructure Nigeria.

“It is again for me senseless because the structure as it is
today, who put it in place? who overthrown the parliamentary
system? The parliamentary system was overthrown by the Nigerian
military, that is on record. Who created 12 states from the four
regions by decree? It was the military.

“The current 36 states and FCT who created it by military
decree? It as the military. How can anybody who has lived through
and who is familiar with our journey as Nation think that the
solution to our problems as a Nation is to handover to the
military? I thought, talking about the rule of Law that is
treason.

“You know we have freedom of speech but it does not include the
freedom to canvass unlawful means to effect a change. When you
canvas unlawful means, then you should be arraigned before a court
of law and dealt with according to the law. Ignorance is not even
an excuse in law not talk of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

“I think that even in our moment of distress and regardless of
what anybody thinks, the world is resolved and Nigeria is part of
it that never again shall we be governed by an unelected
government, never, we don’t want unelected Angels.

“Clark, I have a lot of respect for him. When I see him on
television I like to watch him because you can’t take it away from
him because he has made his on contributions but I was shocked that
he could result to unlawful suggestions as to how to solve our
problems.

“Even his prescription did not benefit from his own experience
in life, if the military has solution Nigeria would have been the
greatest country on earth, if dictatorship is the answer.

I think when it comes to the rule of law, it does not flourish
under dictatorship.
“The first thing that suffers under military is the rule of law
because the process of making law will be appropriated by the
military. The thing that we will be missing is parliament where you
can canvass and your input to dispute to agree or disagree.

“So for anyone who is familiar with this to think that Nigerian
Army should be entrusted I thought Clark owns Nigerians an
apology,” he said.

Speaking further, he dismissed the call for the dividing the
country, emphasizing: “I am also not agreeing with those who think
of dis-membering Nigeria. They say let everybody go their own way.
Nigeria is not a reality. Those ones are poor students of
history.

“Why is Europe spending so much time forming the European Union
to create a larger market. Recently we signed the African Trade
Agreement so that Nigeria can access a bigger market. We already
have a local market of 200 million, if we can keep it flourishing
and increase the purchasing power of the citizens, we already have
a huge market. They should be an asset. That diversity should be an
assest.

The leader of the association, Blessing Agbomher had earlier
presented letter of invitation to the former Edo governor.