Buhari Impeachment: Shehu mocks PDP Senators, says they are confused babies seeking attention
The presidency has rubbished the attempt by some senators of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari.
A statement on Wednesday evening by the special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Garba Shehu said the move was ridiculous.
Describing the PDP lawmakers as babies who only wanted media attention, Shehu urged them to focus on how to support the executive in nation-building.
He also praised Senate President Ahmad Lawan for preventing the move which eventually resulted in a walk-out by the affected Senators.
In the words of Shehu, “the performative and babyish antics of those senators staging a walk out notwithstanding, Senate President Ahmad Lawan’s refusal on Wednesday to entertain the ridiculous motion to impeach our President was quite appropriate and correct.
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“Rather than making a mockery out of voters by trying to imitate what they see in America, the opposition would be well advised that their time would be better spent tackling the pressing issues Nigerians face, such as the current global cost of living crisis.
“Their continued failure to do so goes some way to explaining why they remain in opposition.”
The media aide stressed further that President Buhari is not relating in the efforts to tackle the cases of insecurity in the land and clean up the mess left by the PDP after its years in power.
He said: “In contrast, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is committed to finding lasting solutions to the emerging security threats, including those left behind by the PDP in the South-South, the Northeast and throughout the federation. In the last 24 hours, two more Chibok girls were freed, in addition to the three brought home last week.
“These kinds of headline grabbing stunts for which the opposition is now well known serve no one, least of all their constituents. We would respectfully remind them that it is those same constituents that they were elected to serve, and are paid to do so with public money.
“We would welcome their collaboration in our efforts to solve the problems Nigerians face on a daily basis. No one is asking them to waste their time attempting to impeach a democratically elected President at the end of his second term – certainly not their constituents.
“They should ask themselves: do they want to be in government or do they want to be in the headlines? If they want to be in government they should start acting like it and stop undermining Nigerian voters.”
In an earlier reaction, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina had said the lawmakers planning to impeach his principal won’t be successful.
He stated this after the PDP lawmakers issued a six-week ultimatum to President Buhari to tackle the security issue in the country or face impeachment.
Adesina however in his reaction, said the move of the lawmakers won’t be successful as they are a minority of minorities.
Buhari Impeachment: Shehu mocks PDP Senators, says they are confused babies seeking attention