By Ishaya Ibrahim
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday warned agents of the Buhari Presidency not to politicize or trivialize demands by
Nigerians for the resignation of the government as a response to its
evident failure to guarantee security of lives and property in the
country.
The party stated that the Buhari Presidency must accept the apolitical
verdict, which it said “transcends ethnic, political and religious boundaries,
especially after President Muhammadu Buhari admitted failure by
expressing “surprise” at the level of insecurity across the nation under
its watch.”
The PDP in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, which was made available to TheNiche noted that “the fact that the Presidency resorted to hauling insults, hate language and threats against patriotic Nigerians, including senators, instead of addressing issues of security before the parliament, shows that indeed, the Buhari Presidency has no answer to the litany of insecurity issues under its administration.”
The opposition party said it was “instructive for the Buhari Presidency to note that the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, whose voice resonated in the chamber of the Senate, spoke the mind of majority of Nigerians who had become bullied, harassed and despondent in the face of escalated insurgency, bloodletting, killings and other acts of violence that have pervaded our nation.”
“Senator Abaribe spoke on behalf of millions of Nigerians who have been
killed, orphaned, widowed, maimed, rendered childless and homeless, as
well as others who daily live in anguish, pain and fear in the face of
worsening insecurity under the failed Buhari administration.
“On account of this, the PDP counsels agents of the Buhari Presidency to
perish any thoughts of harassment, setup, frame-up or victimization of
Senator Abaribe who rose to the occasion through the constitutionally
guaranteed privilege of the parliament to speak on behalf of ordinary
Nigerians.”
The PDP recalled that “when President Buhari, in 2013, unjustifiably
called for the resignation of then President Goodluck Jonathan, the
Jonathan Presidency never resorted to insults and threats, even when
such a call was completely unfounded, unlike in the present situation
where every indicator points to an alarming trajectory towards a failed
state.”
The party therefore urged the “National Assembly to stand with Nigerians
and resist every attempt that will make it succumb to any form of
harassment, intimidation and innuendos from paid agents and cabal in
the Presidency who have shown that the interest of ordinary Nigerians is
not their priority.”