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Last Updated: Saturday, October 23rd, 2004 HOME | Previous Page What legislators and party chieftains say Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, Speaker, House of Representatives “I will personally take up the issue with the leadership of the Senate to ensure that sanctions are imposed on the senator. Mohammed’s action is a serious indictment on the National Assembly. It is unbecoming of a senator to slap his colleague even in the chamber of the National Assembly not to talk of outside the chambers in the full glare of the public”. •Senator Tawar Wada Chairman, Senate Committee on Information. “ The  Senate was aware of Mohammed’s apology but  as a body, it is expected to be a paragon of virtue and we regret the act. The Senate, therefore, in consideration of the circumstances of all that took place, the gravity of the offence, the unreserved apology from Senator Isa Mohammed and the remorse shown by him, as well as concern shown by the entire people of Niger State, for the unity of this country. “All citizens of the country, no matter where they are, are expected to show a sign of responsibility any day, anytime hence the senate passed the resolution to suspend Senator Isa Mohammed for two weeks. I believe that is going to act as a deterrent to all other senators.   •An annonymous ex-senator, “It is an embarrassing thing for this country that honorable members of the National Assembly would be assaulting one another in full public glare. On no account should Senator Mohammed have assaulted Senator Anisulowo. There are channels though which such issues should be addressed in the National Assembly; a senator is not expected to take the laws into his hands. Senators are distinguished people, they are the ones that make the law and should not turn around to break the laws that they make. I learnt that Senator Mohammed had been having problems with the other senator before that day. In fact, he had stopped attending committee meetings, probably that was why he did not know how the money was spent. “But you cannot just accost your committee chairman outside the Assembly Chambers and demand to know how money is spent; even if there were no prior quarrel, the thinking was a wrong one, things ought to be done orderly.”   •Serving senator representing one of the Southern States “I condemn in totality, the behaviour of Senator Isa Mohammed. The senator has brought the image of the entire National Assembly to disrepute.  The fact that a woman is involved has made the issue more serious. I support a call for the removal of Senator Mohammed “After slapping her, he was held back and restrained by some distinguished colleagues of his who were at the scene. Does it mean that if they had not held him back, he would have gone ahead to beat her up the more? His action is not only dishonorable but a disgrace and a shame to all men. No matter the level of provocation, he shouldn’t have slapped her. No real man would lay a finger on a woman. A man who slaps a woman is only demontrating that he is not in tune with urbane conducts and is therefore not fit for the hallowed office of a distinguished senator. It is a shame and a slap on the entire nation. Some of us do not know why we are here. How can a senator slap another over a disagreement and tomorrow, everybody will say Obasanjo is crude and disrespectful to people. But at least, he has not slapped anyone yet.  “I am very satisfied with the decision the senate took on the matter, and so, I will urge that the mater should not be overflogged .   •Another annonymous respondent “Isa Mohammed has apologised and his apology has been duly accepted by both Senator Anisulowo and the leadership of the house,  and the whole Senate is pleased with it; we are one family again”.   •Sadatu Sani  Chairman of the House Committee on Women Affairs. “The women folk find it difficult to condone the action of Senator Isa    Mohammed. A bill on violence against women had been presented to the National Assembly and I wonder why a lawmaker of Mohammed’s standing should indulge in such a disgraceful act. “Nigeria is a signatory to the International Convention on elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and, lawmakers ought to champion the crusade instead of perpetrating the act themselves. “In the light of the events of the last few days, we say that this cannot be condoned and such act of uncivil behaviuor must be censored and heavily sanctioned whether in the assembly or elsewhere. “It is time the code of conduct for members of the National Assembly came out so that this type of incident would not repeat itself.”   •Tanko Ibeji State Secretary, PDP, Niger State.  “The party was ashamed of the action of the senator and was indeed considering disciplinary measures that would ensure that such an act did not repeat itself. “Indeed we are stunned by the actions of the senator and are ready to do everything within the constitution of the party to stem the tide of such misbehavior in future. “We condemn the action of the senator and I can assure you that we dissociate ourselves from such shameful behavior aimed at portraying people from this state in the wrong light. “Mohammed by the act did not seem to have any respect for due process and the party reforms which the PDP controlled government was trying to handle.” •Jikantoro, Speaker, Niger State House of Assembly. “ The state government was saddened by the action of the senator and joins all decent and well-meaning Nigerians in condemning Senator Isa Mohammed regardless of what might have precipitated that kind of abominable act.  “The incident will be further investigated and the senator will be duelly called to order “.   Copyright� 2004. 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