Momday 10 May 2021: The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has joined Nigerians in the call for President Muhammadu Buhari’s impeachment following his inability to solve Nigeria’s insecurity problem.
Speaking during an interview on AIT’s, Monday morning, the NEF spokesman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said the nation cannot wait two more years for Buhari to address the issues of insecurity.
Recall CEOAFRICA reported exclusively on Sunday the call on President Buhari to resign by the Catholic Archbishop of Ibadan, His Grace Most Rev Dr. Leke Abegunrin. Abegunrin had said that the President should resign because he lacked the capacity to guaranty safety of lives and properties of Nigerians which is the primary responsibility of any leader.
Archbishop Abegunrin bemoaned the security situation in the country and the incessant killings of innocent citizens.
He said, “Well, it is sad that almost every day, you hear about shedding of blood and it is like they cannot handle it. The system of handling it, I think it is terrible, that soldiers cannot even act without been commanded, even the police, and they are killing soldiers, they are killing the police, what about ordinary people.
“Whatever they need to do, they should do it now and if the President cannot handle it the best bet for him is to resign.
Baba-Ahmed was of the view that those who have the constitutional responsibility to protect Nigeria must realize that the country is in a dire state and do something other than making promises.
He said the second option is for citizens to get together and decide to do something.
“The third option is that those leaders who are failing will recognize the fact that they are the problem and resign because they clearly have nothing to offer in terms of leadership.
“As our democratic system provides, those with the responsibility to get them off should impeach those who are failing. If the president can’t deliver, he should be impeached.
“We don’t have a national assembly that appears to have the levels of patriotism and concern beyond partisan politics to realize that when this roof falls, it also falls on their heads.
“Partisanship is so pronounced that the people we elected and sent to Abuja think they serve the president rather than the Nigerian people,” he said.