President Muhammadu Buhari is set to host a security council meeting following threats by opposition senators to impeach the president for failure to stem the rising spate of insecurity in the country in the next 6 weeks.
In reaction to the move initiated by Senator Minority Leader, Phillip Aduda (PDP-FCT), Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, revealed that the President isn’t taking the matter of insecurity lightly, as he is set for a security meeting on Thursday, July 28, 2022.
He said, “Resolution passed by Senators, as rightly said, it was passed when we were deliberating, but we thank them for their patriotism and their concern, but we are working round the clock, 24 hours, to ensure that the situation is brought under control.
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“I want to assure you that the president is aware of all these and as a matter of fact, I think tomorrow, there’s going to be another Security Council meeting. So, it’s not a matter the president is taking lightly and like I’ll always say, some of the measures we’re going to take are not measures that you can discuss openly here, but we’re as concerned as you are, we’re not going to abandon our responsibility.”
The Quest Times reports that Sen Phillip Aduda had earlier in the day raised a point of order on the Senate floor, seeking a six-week ultimatum for the president to tackle insecurity or face impeachment proceedings.
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Aduda said, “Mr President, you may wish to recall that during the closed session, we discussed the issues as they relate to security in the country and all the issues around it.
“We had also discussed that we are going to come back to plenary to discuss the efforts that have been made so far on the issue of security in the country, after which we give an ultimatum to the president that he resolves this issue, otherwise we give an impeachment notice.”
But Lawan rejected the order, a move which generated anger and sparked a walk out from opposition senators across parties.