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Diverse reactions have continued to trail the decision for President Muhammadu Buhari‘s resignation by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe amid the resolution of the National Assembly suggesting a complete overhauling of Nigerian security architecture.
Members of the Senate and their counterparts at the Green Chamber had during a unanimous decision called on President Buhari to alleviate all the service chiefs of their positions and inject fresh hands to require up the statutory obligation of protecting the territorial integrity of Nigeria nation-state and curb internal uprising.
The lawmakers hinged their position on seeming unabated security breaches, especially the threatening degree of insurgency and banditry within the Northeast and Northwest of Nigeria, including rising cases of kidnappings and armed robberies within the South.
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, within the state, Chief Taiwo Ijiyode in his reactions commended Abaribe for what he termed ‘courageous position’ on problems with national importance.
He explained that the dimension and degree of insecurity in Nigeria demand urgent attention to stop things from degenerating further, as he carpeted those that are criticizing the senator for being feeble-minded.
Ijiyode alleged that the majority of those who are making comments on different social media platforms are tools within the hands of ruling All Progressing Congress, APC, adding that their comments remain personal opinions of ‘’no impact whatsoever ‘’.
‘’ Abaribe may be a distinguished Nigeria, he's one lawmaker that knows his onions with a great love for his fatherland, I commend him for speaking up despite the conspiracy of silence that has permeated the material of our body politics.
‘’I believe president Buhari will see the call for his resignation as a clarion call for him and his team to sit right and do the needful before it's too late’, Ijiyode said.
He also hailed members of the National Assembly for taking such a position on National security, saying service chiefs have overstayed in their present positions.
A constitutional lawyer and social commentator in Osogbo, the Osun capital, Mr. Abiodun Sangodele averred that both statements from Abaribe and those lawmakers shouldn't be treated on an equivalent prism.
Sangodele opined that the statement credited to Abaribe signified a private assessment of the political trend in Nigeria and thought of solution supported certain interest and background.
‘’Meanwhile, the position of the lawmakers on the efficiency and effectiveness of our service chiefs within the fight against insurgency and other criminal activities should be a thing of concern to each discerning Nigerian.
‘’In fact, for me, this is the first time I will see sincere legislators making genuine statements on important National challenges without bias. Those great men really deserve accolades from Nigerians.
‘’The position of the National Assembly on the state of insecurity which sincere suggestion should be taken seriously by the presidency and quickly act on it.
‘’In transparent terms, therefore, we cannot still do an equivalent thing an equivalent way and expect a special result. The fight against criminalities in our land should be creative and dynamic altogether ramifications, I feel it's pertinent for the president to heed the call of wisdom by the lawmakers and do the needful’, he said.
Also, a search fellow within the Department of politics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Mr. Oludare Adisa maintained that both Abaribe and the lawmakers were speaking the minds of the majority of Nigerians, with this reality within the country.
He said the safety architecture of Nigeria has become so porous and dangerous to be left within the hands of the state alone. He added that the senator features a responsibility to talk in that manner to spur the govt to action.
The social scientist noted that the president and members of his cabinet must redefine the scope of governance and alter strategies to urge optimal results, especially within the area of security and economy.
According to him,’’ President Buhari has two options, is either he changes tactics and come up with different strategies to fight insecurity in Nigeria, or quit honorably; you can't say to be winning a war when your enemy continued to neutralize your armies and killing your people without check’’.
A chieftain of APC in Ife East government, Olaide Adelowo, however, described Abaribe as a mischief-maker and political obscurantist, alleging that he had been within the corridor of power without nothing to point out for it in terms of private contributions to National issue.
He said such a call is a mere ‘’verbal exercise’’ that needs not to be taken seriously. Adelowo added that the Buhari-led administration is functioning assiduously to stem the tide of insecurity around the country.
‘’In as much as I respect the position of the lawmakers on the need to inject fresh ideas and innovations into the safety mechanism of Nigeria to ensure efficiency and better result, I totally afflict the call by Abaribe telling Mr. President to resign. On what grounds would such an efficient and listening president resign?.
‘’This may be a man who has been within the corridor of power for many years, first as Deputy Governor in Abia and as a member of the Senate, even rising to become the legislator with none significant contribution to national challenge except the political statement of no substance ‘’, Adelowo resorted.
