Adamu Bulkachuwa, a senator of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has backed plans to impeach the party’s leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, over the worsening security situation in the country.
This comes a few days after another lawmaker under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamawa state chapter, Elisha Abbo, faulted President Buhari’s handling of the nation’s security challenges, publicly endorsing the impeachment moves being driven by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the senate.
Bulkachuwa, who represents Bauchi North in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, Augustv 2, said he and his colleagues had tried in many ways to help Buhari tackle insecurity in the country but have been unsuccessful.
The lawmaker said the senate also tried to engage service chiefs and other security personnel “to find out what their problems are and when they tell us, we try to find solutions and also advise the President accordingly.”
Bulkachuwa said, “Even the financial situation in the country is not improving. We are just one arm of government and are limited in the execution of proposals and actual enforcement of laws.”
Recall that the senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had on July 27 staged a walkout after senate president, Ahmad Lawan, prevented Senator Philip Aduda from discussing the rising insecurity.
The majority of the lawmakers agreed that Buhari should be given six weeks to fix insecurity or face impeachment proceedings, Channels TV reports.
Aduda said there was a need to formally serve the president the notice, but Lawan ruled the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) senator out of order.
Bulkachuwa, while reacting to this event, said the threat by opposition senators to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari is the last and necessary option left for the lawmakers.
When asked if All Progressives Congress (APC) senators were among those that clamoured for the impeachment, the lawmaker replied in the affirmative.
Bulkachuwa added, “On July 27, the senate went into closed session and it was at the closed session that these issues were discussed and without divulging so much, and I can tell you that the majority of senators felt there was a need to initiate that action.”
“I said it was the majority. It wasn’t a 100 percent unanimous agreement (ultimatum to impeach Buhari) per se, but the majority supported it.”
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