An All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, said the threat by opposition senators to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari is the last and necessary option left for the lawmakers.
The senator, who represents Bauchi North, said he and his colleagues had tried in many ways to help the executive – and by extension, the President – to tackle insecurity in the country to no avail.
Senator Bulkachuwa said it was time to remind President Buhari that they – the legislature – still have constitutional power to pull his ears and show that he still cares.
Senator Bulkachuwa’s comment came about five days after opposition senators, comprising mostly Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senators and their colleagues from other political parties, staged a walkout of Senate plenary in protest against the state of insecurity in the country.
Their exit was sequel to the decision of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, to dismiss a motion on insecurity and a plan to impeach the president raised by the Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda.
The senators, after exiting the chamber, gave the president a six-week ultimatum to tackle insecurity in the country or risk being impeached.
