Worsening insecurity: Senators threatened to impeach Buhari

….Give him weeks to address security challenge or….

By Editor

The opposition Senators in the upper legislative chamber have given the President, Muhammadu Buhari six weeks to address the security challenge confronting the country with massive Kidnapping, killings and wanton destruction of property or face impeachment.

This is just as they stormed out of Chamber over stoppage of Motion to Impeach Buhari by the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmed Lawal.

The minority caucus of the Senate comprising the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP.

The problem started when the the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Philip Aduda, PDP, FCT who had earlier come up through a motion of impeachment of President Buhari following his failure in solving the security problems in the country was stopped by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan.

Following the action of Lawan, Senator Aduda led other opposition Senators to storm out of plenary while the Senate was still in session.

PDP, NNPP, APGA, other Opposition Senators who stormed out chanted  solidarity song that All we are saying is Buhari must go, Lawan must Go.

Aduda later addressed Journalists on the ultimatum on the impeachment move.

The senate Minority leader while addressing newsmen said, they went into a closed door session, where they deliberated on various various security issues.

“We also took into cognizance that the senate at various fora, at various times and various meetings within which we recommended to Government, various steps have been suggested aimed at cubbing this issue of insecurity but we have realised that even Abuja is no more safe.

“So at the closed session we agreed that we will give the President an ultimatum failing for which we will move to give an impeachment notice.

“This was our agreement at the executive session but when we came out the senate President refused to inform the public of our resolution. “Since that didn’t happen, we have come here in protest to let Nigerians Know that we are with them.

“That we are worried so we staged a walk out from the chambers to register that the security in Nigeria is out of hand and urgent steps need to be taken so that the issues are addressed immediately.

“We have come here to say that we have passed so many resolutions on security, we have given all the support and all the enabling appropriation that they need”

Prominent senators who joined the protest include senator Muhammed Bulkachuwa, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, Buhari’s senator Ahmmad Babba Kaita

On whether the six weeks is too long, they said they have to start from somewhere.