The Socialist Party of Nigeria, SPN, has condemned the Tuesday siege laid to the National Assembly by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
It described the action as the use of state security to subvert the will of the people and suppress the opposition including democratic institutions.
It called on Nigerians to be united to condemn and reject any attempt to use the instruments of coercion to subvert the democratic process.
It recalled that since the commencement of the “civil rule” in 1999, the Nigeria working masses who were the major actors in the struggle that led to the current seemingly democratic process had never fundamentally benefited from any socially and economically known dividends.
The lacking benefits, it said, included workers’ welfare, affordable education and healthcare, housing and electricity.
“This is not the case for the various sections of the thieving ruling elite who often feed fat from the public resources and force, preside and drive various neoliberal policies that often makes the living condition of the working people to go from bad to worse.
“As a matter of fact, it’s the ongoing fights and struggle among the capitalist ruling elites over strategic positioning that will guarantee their access to loot the public treasury as being reflected in the recent acrimonious defection among capitalist politicians from one bourgeois political party to another that culminate in the siege laid on the NASS by the DSS.
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“Unfortunately, all of the conflicts are driven by personal interests of the individual politicians and the collective interest of the few capitalist class. None borders on improving economic conditions of the Nigerian people, and end the galloping unemployment that is ravaging this country.
“Therefore, none of the players in this political kabuki is worth the sympathy of the masses, as they still constitute formidable threat to the prosperity of this country and aspiration of the average man for a decent living standard. Hence, the masses should not in any way support any of the warring factions of the capitalist ruling elite,” the party said.
The statement containing the message is signed by the Acting Chairperson of the party, Abiodun Bamigboye, and National Secretary, Chinedu Bosah.
