By Ochogwu Sunday The move by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senators to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari is currently gaining ...
By Ochogwu Sunday
The move by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Senators to
impeach President Muhammadu Buhari is currently gaining more backing from concerned
Nigerians.
Recall that the PDP Senators caucus on Wednesday staged a
walkout from the upper Chamber in protest of the heightening insecurity in the
country.
The minority leader, Senator Philip Aduda said the PDP
senators issued President Muhammadu Buhari six weeks to resolve terrorist
attacks in the country or risk impeachment.
Reacting, the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom lauded the
lawmakers over the move to force the president to tackle the security crisis.
The Governor who spoke in Abuja yesterday described the
decision of the Senate to impeach the President as “patriotic” and commended
some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC who have also opted
to do the ‘right thing’.
Similarly, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, head of New
Media, Anthony Ehilebo who spoke with DAILY POST on Friday, said the only
solution to the current security crisis rocking the nation was to impeach the
president.
He asked Buhari to hand over to the Vice President, Yemi
Osinbajo, stating that the VP can halt the activities of terrorists in the
country.
Ehilebo said, “solution right now is to impeach Buhari and
allow Osinbajo to work, even if it’s for one day, you will notice improvement.
“Osinbajo has the capacity to rejig. He knows what to do.
I’m afraid if Buhari continues to remain in power with the way things are right
now, we will all be doomed.
“God forbid. They have annexed FCT already and if you are a
strategist, you won’t even allow terrorists in states like Kaduna, Niger, Kogi
and Nasarawa.
“Because taking over those states means an invasion of the
FCT. Which of these states I mentioned earlier does not have a contingency of
ISWAP, Boko Haram and bandits?
“The president has not thought about getting Private
Military Contractors, PMC, immediately. The military cannot handle it anymore.
“Push them back to the fringes. And look, the president left
our borders open and porous. Why not put the same checks you have up south
here? And why are the service chiefs still in power?
“What is the justification? Issue out riot orders. What are
the formations in Jaji? All those formations in Kaduna. Clean up the northwest
first. Put these guys on their toes.
“Unfortunately, these guys are the ones advancing. Now,
since the Kuje incident, no affirmative action. Who and who was sacked”?
However, the Presidency while reacting to the impeachment
move, in a statement by the President’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, described the
action of the opposition senators as babyish, advising them to put their time
to better use.
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