Insecurity: Katsina NNPP asks Buhari to resign
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) chapter in Katsina State has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to step down immediately since he is unable to stop the country’s escalating insecurity.
At a news conference in Katsina on Monday, Sani Litti, the state chairman of the NNPP, made the announcement. He claimed that since 2015, at least 50,000 Nigerians had perished.
In the event that the President does not step down, he urged the National Assembly to begin the impeachment process.
He said: “We reinstate the call on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately resign from office for his inability to secure Nigeria. Insecurity issues keep rising due principally to bad governance including a rise in poverty, poor economic policies, a fall in the standard of living of the people, an upsurge of ethnic militias, an increase in corruption activities, crime and criminal activities, an increase in the use of drugs and several factors.
“In the event of the President refusing to resign, we urge the National Assembly to apply constitutional means to save the lives and properties of Nigerians.
“The government of Nigeria should as a matter of urgency declare a state of emergency on security in the following states: Katsina; Kaduna; Zamfara; Niger and Sokoto states”
He also called on the Federal Government to hire mercenaries for six months to fight the banditry, insurgents and tribal militias.
“In this respect, we are calling on the Federal Government to immediately hire mercenaries for six months from whenever to fight the rising banditry, insurgency and tribal militias. Similarly, the government should as a matter of urgency recruit one million young Nigerians to be trained as Special Forces to protect and secure the country when the mercenaries leave in six months,” he said.
