Thursday’s plenary at the Senate
was almost disrupted following a deafening uproar following a claim by Senator
Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe that President Muhammadu Buhari is incompetent.
Abaribe’s allegation followed an
adopted order 43 which he raised in reference to the excuse which the President
gave while in London that the killer herdsmen were allegedly trained by Muammar
Gaddafi, the late Libyan revolutionary leader.
In his explanation, Abaribe said,
before now, two excuses have been made public in several fora by the Minister
of Interior, Abdulrahaman Dambazzau and the Inspector-General of Police,
Ibrahim kpotun Idris, saying the wanton killings by armed herdsmen was because
their pastoral routes were blocked while the latter was credited to have said
that it was due to the new state laws against open grazing.
He said, “Yesterday in London,
President Muhammadu Buhari said the killings in the country was as a result of
the people who were trained by the late Muammar Gaddafi. This, therefore,
validates my earlier position that the president has failed to take charge of
the protection of lives and property across the country as enshrined in our
constitution to be his primary responsibility.
I, so make bold to say that the
president is incompetent,” Abaribe asserted.
But this generated an uproar as
All Progressives Congress, APC, senators took the remark of Abaribe as a direct
disrespect to Buhari, who is a member and leader of the ruling party.
Senators Ahmed Lawan, the Senate
Leader and Ibn Na’Allah, the deputy leader separately raised point of orders
urging the red chamber to call Abaribe to order, tender apology and for him to
be guided in his remarks.
However, Abaribe, in his apology
said, ” If any words I used was misunderstood, I apologise “.
Yet, the Abia lawmaker was
overruled by order 53 raised by Ibn Na’Allah to the effect that Abaribe should
not discuss the conduct of the President.
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