Insecurity: You are anarchists, Buhari charges back at critics, opposition senators

Presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, has described critics of President Muhammadu Buhari and opposition senators as anarchists whose only interest is to see the country go up in flames.

Adesina who featured in Channels TV Politics Today on Wednesday evening railed at critics of President Buhari, some of whom had appeared on Channels TV to castigate the president and paint him as incompetent. He dismissed such persons as anarchists who never meant well for the nation.

He also dismissed opposition who served impeachment notice to the president earlier on Wednesday as anarchists, insisting that the ground on which the senators acted, insecurity, is being addressed by the president.

Adesina said Mr. President was as concerned on the matter of insecurity as any patriotic Nigerian and has summoned a security meeting Thursday where the issues of insecurity would be addressed.

Nigeria has come under severe terror attacks in recent time with nerve-racking attacks on individuals and institutions, including killing worshippers in a church in Owo, Ondo state and attacking and killing Presidential Guards in Abuja and Presidential advance convoy in Katsina.

To push home the reality of insecurity, Senators from opposition parties on Wednesday issued a six-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the security challenges in the country or face impeachment.

The senators who sang “All we are saying, Buhari Must Go” as they staged a walkout from the chambers also said they would commence impeachment proceedings against the President should he fail to address insecurity within the six weeks.

Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Phillip Aduda, on behalf of the lawmakers briefed reporters at the National Assembly.

Senator Aduda had raised a point of order during plenary, asking the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, to discuss the security situation in the country and the impeachment of President Buhari.

But Senator Lawan, who presided over the plenary, declined the request of the minority leader, saying the point of order raised fell flat on its face.

There was palpable agitation on the floor of the Senate and opposition senators, obviously feeling disrespected by the attitude of Lawan took turns to walk out of chamber while the plenary was ongoing.

The walkout came as the latest in a series of concerns raised by various individuals and groups amid the rising spate of insecurity in the country.