Nigerians have reacted to the call by the Senate Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe demanding the President’s resignation over the insecurity challenges facing the country. Abaribe made the call on Wednesday while contributing to a debate on the floor of the Senate during a session.
The Senator had said, “Nigerians will go to the government and ask the government to resign because they did not elect the Chief of Staff, the Police IG, service Chiefs and Others. Nigerians voted a government into power. We are going with stones to stone them now because they have failed.”
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday said there was no basis for Buhari to resign and had described the call as foolish.
He went further to say, “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 armchair critic, known for making stray comments.”
“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.” Mr Garba said.
“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.”
“Abaribe’s party raped the nation and left it collapsing in 2015 and President Buhari is fixing things up all the years he is in office.”
“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.”
Some Nigerians are of the opinion that if the Presidency in its claim is comfortable with the security situation in the country especially on the Abuja-Kaduna axis, Garba Shehu should be supported by all to ply the route without security as a proof that all is well with the country’s security systems while some suggested that all serving Chiefs should resign.
