The senators gave Buhari six weeks to resolve the overwhelming insecurity in the country otherwise they would show him the way out via impeachment
Angered by the seeming sense of hopelessness in the face of the debilitating insecurity in the country, members of the minority caucus in the Senate staged a walk out from the chambers on Wednesday.
They protested against the Senate President Ahmad Lawan’s refusal to allow the lawmakers commence an impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari.
The senators, who had earlier held a two-hour closed-door session, were angry that Lawan did not allow them to discuss the issue of insecurity that was deliberated upon extensively in the closed-door session on the floor of the Red Chamber.
The Senators across party lines later addressed journalists and gave Buhari six weeks to end the insecurity in the country or face impeachment.
READ ALSO
INEC clarifies RECs are not its members
The Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Phillip Aduda, moved a point of order seeking to discuss insecurity on the floor of the Senate but Lawan ruled him out of order.
Then, led by Aduda, the Senators staged a walkout from the chambers to address the newsmen as they chanted ‘All we are saying, Buhari must go’
The Senate Minority leader while addressing newsmen said, they went into a closed-door session, where they deliberated on various security issues.
“We also took into cognizance that the Senate at various fora, at various times and various meetings within which we recommended to Government, various steps have been suggested aimed at curbing this issue of insecurity but we have realised that even Abuja is no more safe,” Aduda said.
“So at the closed session we agreed that we will give the President an ultimatum failing which we will move to give an impeachment notice.
“This was our agreement at the executive session but when we came out the Senate President refused to inform the public of our resolution.
“Since that didn’t happen, we have come here in protest to let Nigerians Know that we are with them.
“That we are worried so we staged a walkout from the chambers to register that the security in Nigeria is out of hand and urgent steps need to be taken so that the issues are addressed immediately.
“We have come here to say that we have passed so many resolutions on security, we have given all the support and all the enabling appropriation that they need.”
Prominent senators who joined the protest include senator Muhammed Bulkachuwa, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, Buhari’s senator Ahmad Babba Kaita.
