SOUTHEAST DESERVE DEATH, NOT PRESIDENCY - Sen. Bulkachuwa thunders, says Southeast is home to criminals, rebels and deserve to be eliminated
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, has said “people who feel democracy is not good enough for them” and want to destroy the country if “they don’t have their wish,” deserve death and not the Presidency they clamor for.
Bulkachuwa who is from Bauchi State, and husband to the president of the Court of Appeal (PSA), Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, described the Southeast as home to criminals, arsonists, and rebels who deserve to be eliminated.
His wife, Justice Zainab, was forced to recuse herself from the presidential election petition Tribunal in 2019, after the PDP raised issue of her husband’s APC membership.
The Senator made this abhorrent remark on CHANNELS TV, where he also said zoning is undemocratic and unconstitutional.
He said, “There are people who feel democracy is not good enough for them and they want to devise their own means of belonging to this entity called Nigeria and if they don’t have their wish, they’ll let Nigeria go to pieces.
“So is that anything that the constitution allows or encourages? So they’re absolutely outside the realm of the constitution.
“They’re just rebels, arsonists and criminals in short. So, what are we going to consider to even give them a chance to come and say their wish and let Nigeria tremble and bow before them and say ‘okay, we’ve granted you your wish.’
“Those insurgents in the Southeast, they’re all claiming that they want their own country called Biafra, right? If that is the case, is it by killing people that they’ll get their country?
“They’ve tried it before; do they want us to go back to the same route? I don’t think so. But if they do, if that’s what they choose, has Nigeria got any choice?
“Will we just allow them, bow and say, ‘we’ll grant you your own wish?’ No. Nigerian government has to stand out, fight them and give them what they want.”
On clamor for Igbo Presidency and zoning, he said he does not believe in zoning because it is unconstitutional.
He added that political parties should be allowed to present the right candidates from any zone for Nigerians to pick from.
“I believe these banditry, kidnappings, agitations and killings are all prelude to the 2023 election,” he added.
“I don’t even believe in zoning. I believe the right candidates should be fielded by all the parties and then let Nigerians choose from the best among them.
“And those who have the number, who believe the same candidates will obviously win. Unless you don’t want that which is against the norms of democracy, then, I don’t know, you can devise your own means.
“I don’t believe zoning is democratic. I don’t believe zoning will produce the best president for this country.”