The group, in a statement by its President General, Hon. Goodluck Ibem, and Secretary General, Comrade Kanice Igwe, said the arrest was an affront on the country’s democracy.
Browsing: Infectious DIsease Bill
The bill, which is sponsored by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and two other lawmakers, Pascal Obi and Tanko Sununu, seeks to empower the Federal Government to convert any property in the country, including private property, to isolation centres.
It was mainly knocks for the controversial bill from most of the stakeholders present at the hearing.
In its reaction to the refusal to allow journalists cover the public hearing in Abuja, the CNPP in a statement issued by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, said it has become imperative for all security agencies to commence a transparent investigation of the Reps leaders to ascertain who they are working for.
Ugochinyere filed led the case against Gbajabiamila, challenging the ongoing moves by the lawmakers to summon him before the House Ad hoc Committee led by Henry Nwawuba over the probe of $10 million bribery allegation.
The call for the probe and criminal prosecution of Ugochinyere by the House followed the adoption of the report of its ad-hoc committee on the matter, chaired by Rep Henry Nwawuba
Expressing its preparedness to align with all forces of pro-democracy and civil society groups to ensure that the sponsors of the bill are probed, the CNPP demanded that the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, immediately step aside to pave the way for unhindered investigation
The House of Representatives has dismissed media reports that a Court has stopped the consideration of the Infectious Diseases Bill.