The presidency has reacted to threats by the opposition and some ruling All Progressives Congress Senators on Wednesday to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.
Some Senators threatened to impeach President Buhari after the resumption of plenary from a close door session for failure to resolve insecurity in the country for the past seven years.
Reacting in a statement made available to journalists by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, he described the threat as “performative and babyish antics of those senators”.
He said the Senators shouldn’t be taken seriously even as the Senate President’s refusal to allow the motion debated on the floor of red Chamber was appropriate and correct way of doings things.
His statement said, it would amount to mockery of voters by trying to follow suit what they see in America, while he advised the opposition lawmakers to spend time in resolving the pressing issues Nigerians face, such as the current global cost of living crisis.
The statement read: “Their continued failure to do so goes some way to explaining why they remain in opposition.
“In contrast, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is committed to finding lasting solutions to the emerging security threats, including those left behind by the PDP in the South-South, the Northeast and throughout the federation. In the last 24 hours, two more Chibok girls were freed, in addition to the three brought home last week.
“These kinds of headline grabbing stunts for which the opposition is now well known serve no one, least of all their constituents. We would respectfully remind them that it is those same constituents that they were elected to serve, and are paid to do so with public money.
“We would welcome their collaboration in our efforts to solve the problems Nigerians face on a daily basis. No one is asking them to waste their time attempting to impeach a democratically elected President at the end of his second term – certainly not their constituents.
“They should ask themselves: do they want to be in government or do they want to be in the headlines? If they want to be in government they should start acting like it and stop undermining Nigerian voters.”
On Wednesday, the Senate minority leader, Senator Philip Aduda staged a walkout of the red with other opposition lawmakers in protest against President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to tackle insecurity.
While in the Chambers, the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan ruled Senator Philip Aduda out of order when he attempted to raise the motion, which Aduda insisted that all Senators agreed to discuss during the close door session.
The opposition Senators however, revealed that a six weeks ultimatum had been issued to President Buhari to resolve insecurity in Nigeria or be impeached.
