Dipo Olowookere
By Dipo Olowookere
The presidency has reacted to the call made by the present Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, that President Muhammadu Buhari should resign from office over insecurity in the country, describing this as “foolish.”
In a statement issued on Wednesday by Mr Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, the presidency asked on what basis should President Buhari resign?
“President Buhari is working hard to keep Nigeria and Nigerians out of the harm terrorists have unleashed in the entire Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa with the support of Nigerians and our foreign friends, he is going to finish off these terrorists. He alone can do it,” the statement stressed.
Mr Shehu claimed that Mr Abaribe’s party, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which ruled the country from 1999 to 2015, “ráped the nation and left it collapsing in 2015 and President Buhari is fixing things up all the years he is in office.”
“Just because some characters think that President Buhari should resign, then they expect him to quit. That call does not represent the opinion of the country. This is the opinion of an arm chair critic, known for making stray comments,” the presidency said.
It stated further that, “If a leader like President Buhari needs to resign, there are millions of other Nigerians who need to resign, including Senator Abaribe who unlocked the door to enable the escape of traitorous and treasonable suspects.”
“He signed the bond for the court to release Nnamdi Kanu on bail, from which moment the suspect disappeared into the thin air. Senator Abaribe has failed repeated deadlines to return Kanu to the court for trial, yet he has the effrontery with which to accuse someone of failing to the bidding of the law.
“This is a man who should have replaced the suspects he failed to produce in the correctional facility,” the presidency said in the statement.
