The
Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) has alleged that the presidency is
plotting to arrest all its members who booed President Buhari during the
presentation of the 2019 budget last week. This allegation was made by
the spokesperson of the party's Presidential Campaign Organization,
Buba Galadima, when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja yesterday December
23rd. Galadima claims he has it on good authority that the presidency
was taking the names of those who supposedly booed the president in
order to send either the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
or the police after them.“We learnt under an impeccable authority that
some of his close aides are meeting and taking names of those who
supposedly booed the president. Whether to frame them, either with the
EFCC or ask the police to invite them, I don’t know. They can’t arrest
any parliamentarian for booing the president on what he thinks is
correct. That the president misrepresented what has happened in his or
her constituency. They should be careful with what they are trying to
do, because what they are planning to do, whether the president knows or
he doesn’t know, will affect the 2019 general elections.“Therefore, it
is not out of place for members of the National Assembly and for all of
you to know that there is a parliamentary immunity. That if members are
within that hallow chamber, they can say anything and it will not offend
any law. In fact, they cannot even be tried in the court of law for
what they say in the National Assembly chambers. He has no authority
whatsoever, or his agents – whether EFCC, ICPC, police, and DSS – to
accost any parliamentarian for having booed the president for what he
read out on the floor of the National Assembly.” he saidRecall that
President Buhari was booed by some members of the opposition party at
the National Assembly during the budget presentation. It got so bad
President Buhari had to stop his presentation to remind the lawmakers
that the world is watch as he does his presentation and that they all
need to comport themselves