National Chairman of Nigeria’s leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, on Saturday night charged President Muhammadu Buhari to “do the honourable thing and resign” after he admited failure of his administration on insecurity.
Prince Secondus, who was reacting to the President’s admittance that his administration has failed in providing adequate security to Nigeria citizens, said that “as the buck stops on the table of the Commander in Chief, the President should accept his failure and stop looking for excuses.”
In a statement released by his Spokesperson, Ike Abonyi, Secondus said that rather than the belated lamentations after 67 months in power that he has been unable to perform, the President “should do the Honourable thing by resigning and giving way for fresh ideas and new vitality.”
Prince Secondus recalled the advice of President Buhari while he was in opposition in 2013 as he told then President Goodluck Jonathan: ‘Jonathan should vacate and give way to competent hand to govern the country.’
According to Prince Secondus, “this competent hand happened to be President Buhari whose five years in office have left the country comatose in all ramifications. I find it extremely unacceptable that after the President disregarded all wise counsels to rejig the nation’s security architecture for effectiveness, he is now turning round to admit their failure and blame operatives whom he kept even in their apparent inefficiency.
“Prince Secondus however noted the honesty of the President in admitting the obvious failure of his government’s responsibilities to secure the nation, but noted that he should do the needful by give way for competent person to come in.”