A member of the Senate Committee on Defence and Army and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Babafemi Ojudu has explained that his action and that of his colleagues who were part of the screening of service chiefs on Monday was not tantamount to flouting their party’s directive.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, Ojudu explained that the party never instructed that they should not attend the screening, but that they should protest if things were not done right.
He quoted the APC Interim Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in today’s edition of The Punch where he (Lai) said: “People don’t seem to understand our directive. It is not for them to boycott but to frustrate the process if the right things are not done. If they don’t attend how will our voice be heard?”
Ojudu said the APC leadership in the Senate also directed the legislators to push the issue of neutrality of the Military in the coming elections.
He added that there is too much discipline in the APC for them to flout party directives, adding however that the party would always act in the interest of Nigerians.
