Some National Assembly lawmakers on Tuesday said they would not hesitate to invoke legislation powers against President Muhammadu Buhari for breaching the constitution.
The Minority Caucus of the Assembly made this revelation after listing various constitutional breaches which it said it would rely upon to invoke its constitutional powers, should the breaches persist.
The Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, while speaking with journalist on the development, said the caucus is disappointed in President Buhari on his failure to ensure the security and welfare of Nigerians.
He said the government had drove the economy of the country into an unimaginable mess.
“The caucus has taken note and will continue to take note of the constitutional breaches that are happening at this time by the government of the APC.
“We will at the appropriate time utilize all constitutional methods and measures available after consultations with our colleagues, to do the needful to save the country from collapse.
“PDP expresses very strong concern about the ineptitude and the inability of the APC-led government to arrest the drift to anarchy of our nation at this time”, he said.
Going forward, he added, “This APC-led government, at inception and during campaigns prior to 2015 elections, made promises to the Nigerian public, the first of which was that they were going to deal with security challenges within their tenure.
“Sadly, and most unfortunately, from 2015 to date, rather than resolving the security situation, the APC-led federal government had rather broadened the security challenges.
“So, from the problems of the North East, it has spread to other parts of the country. Virtually all parts of Nigeria are now beset with one security challenge or the other.
“We, therefore, as a caucus, suggest that immediate steps should be taken by governments at all levels to set up proper security infrastructure whether in the mode of state police and other constitutional reforms to arrest the drift of the nation.”
The caucus also averred that“We have not seen our President. We have not heard from our President despite the daily killings that have turned Nigeria into a killing field of unimaginable proportions.”
When contacted, the Secretary, Caretaker/ Extra Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Sen. John Akpanudoehe, said, “We will respond after we have been properly briefed.”