Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has faulted the claim by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) that the National Assembly lacks the power to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to speak on security matters.

Onuesoke, who faulted the statement of the Attorney-General while reacting to questions from Abuja noted that if NASS lacks the constitutional power to summon the president as interpreted by Malami, that means Nigeria is not practising a democratic system of Government which brought both the President and other elected officeholders to office.

“Honestly, I cannot believe what I am reading. Which constitution grants Malami and his boss the right not to appear before a National Assembly, especially on matters that affect the people they represent when people’s lives are lost on daily basis.”

“Morally speaking, do they even need to summon anybody that has human feelings before such a person begins to request for appearance and give situation reports to the entire nation.”

Onuesoke argued that the defence of Malami has no bases because the legislators represent the people and the president is answerable to the people.

He argued that a country cannot be practising democracy and her president is not answerable to the elected representative of the people.

According to him, by his statement, Malami is telling Nigerians that the government they learnt in secondary school about check and balance in a democratic state like Nigeria is fake and scam.

“Malami should tell Nigerians what provision or section of the Constitution bar the NASS from inviting a president or direct us to a ruling of the Supreme Court preventing a president from honouring the invitation of the legislative arm of government.

“Anyway, Buhari accepted the invitation nonetheless while the Speaker of the House of Representative and other Aso Rock aides confirmed the appearance of the president.

“Not that anything good can come out from the appearance of Buhari at the National Assembly. However, not honouring the call of the legislators, especially after giving an undertaken to the Hon Speaker, should be a good ground to commence impeachment proceedings against the president for disobedient, disrespectful and dishonourable conduct unbecoming of the president of Nigeria,” he stated.