PHOTOS: President Buhari Preside At Security Meeting As Insecurity Worsens With Senators Moving for His Impeachment
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over Security Briefing at the State House, Abuja, the Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This is coming a day after some Senators attempted to move a motion for the impeachment of the President over worsening security threats.
Terrorists, including the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), Boko Haram and bandits, are having a field day in some parts of the country, including the FCT, with little or no resistance.
In the Southern part of the country, Unknown Gunmen (UGM) and terrorist herdsmen are operating with little challenge from the security agencies.
Senators cutting across party lines, on Wednesday, issued President Muhammadu Buhari a six-week ultimatum to resolve the worsening insecurity in the country or face impeachment.
The over 80 senators across political parties and a majority of House of Representatives members, agreed to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, if the growing insecurity across the nation persisted beyond six weeks, being the ultimatum handed the government before the legislature shut down till September 20.
The decision was taken after their respective closed-sessions before the commencement of plenary, presided over by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who also charged the security agencies to do more in order to stop the terrorists and the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Idris Wase
But the presidency last night reacted to the reported move by the Senate to commence impeachment moves against President Buhari, and advised the senators to stop playing to the gallery like their counterparts in the United States, otherwise, staging a walkout was performative and babyish.
According to the Senators, they have given the president all that he needed to tackle the security challenges but that the issue kept getting worse even in the FCT, the seat of power.
The Senators’ resolution came after a closed-door meeting with the Senate leadership headed by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, which lasted for about two hours in the red chamber.
After the closed-door meeting, the Senate President blocked move by the lawmakers to present their resolutions on the impeachment of Buhari over insecurity at plenary, a development which angered the Senators, who consequently staged a walkout to address the Senate Press Corps.
“At the closed session, we agreed to give him (Buhari) an ultimatum of six weeks after which we will impeach him. But the Senate President blocked us.
“Nowhere is safe in Nigeria, even Abuja. Urgent steps need to be taken and we left the chamber because we’ve given the President six weeks to resolve the issue or we impeach him.
“We’ve given all the appropriations, resolutions and the support he needs. Our next line of action is to impeach him,” the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Philip Aduda, told journalists on behalf of other Senators.
There were Senators of all divides at the press briefing, including a lawmaker from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa; many Senators from the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Senator Aduda; Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and Senator Ibrahim Shekarau of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP).
In rrecent times, the presidential guard, Guards of Brigade was attacked, leaving some soldiers wounded.
The president’s convoy was also attacked in Katsina State recently and the Kuje Correctional facility in the FCT was attacked by terrorists for hours and had suspected bandits and Boko Haram fighters freed without any commendable resistance by security forces.
President Muhammadu Buhari blamed the failure of the security intelligence system for the successful attacks, but in recent times, there are reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) had in several reports alerted the authorities on the possibility of the attack on the prison facility.
