Buhari’s Impeachment Saga Gathers Steam, ‘Nigeria In Trouble’, South East Demands Igbo Presidency

A member of the Federal House of Representatives has warned lawmakers would call for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari if insecurity in Nigeria persists. Dachung Bagos, representing Jos South East, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, issued the warning on Thursday during an interview with Channels TV.

Bagos was reacting to Wednesday’s House of Representatives’ inauguration of a 40-man committee that will hold a four-day security summit in May to address the nation’s worsening insecurity. The lawmaker warned that if resolutions arrived at the summit were not implemented, “we’ll call for the resignation of the president.”

He added, “We have the power to impeach the president that he cannot do this; he can no longer secure lives and properties of Nigerians.

“This is just like the last resort, and we are taking it very seriously. We can assure Nigerians that with the resolutions that will come out of this summit, if the executive did not take the summit very seriously, then definitely, the National Assembly with hit the gravel.”

Expressing worry over the recent takeover of Shiroro by Boko Haram, he stated that “these people are capturing infrastructure,” as he wondered why the government could not be strategic in dealing with the insecurity in the country.

The country is plagued by wanton violence, especially kidnapping and killings of schoolchildren, abducting and raping women, both young and old.

Recently, the Chandler Good Government Index, released for the first time, placed Nigeria as the third-worst governed country in the world.

The report noted that the ability to handle corruption properly is the strongest indicator of good governance. Thus the CGGI ranked Nigeria 102 out of 104 countries with a score of 0.319 points, ahead of Zimbabwe and Venezuela.

The United States has often accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime of looting Nigeria with impunity. In its 2020 annual report on human rights, the U.S. said Mr. Buhari’s regime failed to take action to stem widespread looting using existing laws that criminalise theft in public service. The country is also facing unprecedented terror attacks across its 36 states. The index launched on Monday in Singapore and is collated on a scale of 0 to 1.

Source: Peoples Gazette

Nigeria in trouble, security architecture of no use — South-West, South-South govs

Chairman of the South-West Governors Forum, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has lamented that the present security architecture can neither guarantee effective policing nor address the challenges confronting the country. The South-West governors’ position was also corroborated by their South-South counterparts who also argued that the present security architecture in the country was no longer tenable. Efforts to get Northern and South-East governors to react at press time proved abortive.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said that the Federal Government was already tinkering with the nation’s security architecture, However, Governor Akeredolu, who spoke during a virtual panel discussion on the #EndSARS protest that occurred last year, said having a single command in Abuja to oversee the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, will not effectively tackle the issues affecting policing in Nigeria.

Source: Vanguard

Restructuring should start with electing Igbo President in 2023 – Youths

President General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing, Arthur Obiora, has said the best form of restructuring that the Federal Government should embark upon is to have an Igbo from the South East emerge as President in 2023.

This, he said, would address the long years of marginalisation of Igbo, quell agitations for self-determination and end all atrocious crimes and insecurity.

In an interview with Daily Sun in Onitsha, Obiora called on all major political parties to field Igbo as their presidential candidates for the 2023 election.

“We are not begging others to give us presidency. Nigeria belongs to all of us and not one section of the country. All we are saying is that Igbo are still excluded in the scheme of things in Nigeria, but this is our turn once more. If they deny us this opportunity, we shall fight for ourselves or they should allow us to go our separate way,” he said.

He said Igbo youths were not perturbed that some politicians from the region were sabotaging the 2023 presidential project, saying everyone cannot sing the same tune at once.

He condemned the activities of killer herdsmen in the South East and declared that no matter how deadly they are, they can never conquer any Igbo territory or take over their lands.

“Security issues are not discussed in the open, but we warn that nobody should push us to the wall. Fulani herdsmen cannot take over our land, it is impossible. There are so many tactics of warfare, the era of machetes and guns are gone,” he said.

Source: The Sun News