Deposed Guinea President Em­baolo should be charged for treason, says Nigerian lawmaker

•Overthrown President of Guinea, Umaro Sissoco Em­baolo and Nigeran lawmaker, Ikenga Imo Ugo­chinyere

The lawmaker representing Ideato federal constituency in the Green Chamber of the National Assembly, Ikenga Imo Ugo­chinyere, has said that the deposed president of Guinea, Umaro Sissoco Em­baolo, should be arrested and charged for treason for under­mining the constitution of the country.

According to a press state­ment yesterday signed by the Reps member, the military coup in Guinea is wrong, but the Guinean President de­serves what he got and should be charged for treason.

The statement reads, “The deposed, desperate President of Guinea disqualified all the ma­jor opponents that are contest­ing against him from different political parties, and the military disqualified him and took over the government, and he is crying that democracy is under attack. Is he not a fool?

“Any illegal take­over of power, either by hijack­ing the democratic process, by manipulating the judiciary or parliament, or by military over­throw, is the same and illegal.

“Therefore, Guinea should start anew because the deposed pres­ident doesn’t have a legitimate claim, or does the military.”

The lawmaker insists that ECOWAS should focus on a fresh transition, saying, “This stupid method of disqualifica­tion of major opponents was escalated by the Tanzanian woman that arrested and dis­qualified all her opponents which is currently destroying once peaceful Tanzania, now the rogue in Guinea followed suit and African Union and ECOWAS never did anything to stop these overthrow of people’s power to choose their leaders and should not complain when such actions come with conse­quences like what the Guinea guys have done. “Therefore, the sanctity of democracy, which encompasses inclusive and transparent participation and processes, must be respected.”

He also said that any leader who overthrows this process must face consequences that will help address such a trea­sonous act, stressing why the deposed president should be arrested.

“The deposed President of Guinea needs to be arrested and charged for treason for un­dermining the constitution, the electoral process, and stamping on the power of the people to choose, so that desperate ele­ments trying to use the Tanza­nia option in any part of Africa, will retreat.”