The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on security.
PDP National Chairman who made the call while addressing a Press Conference in Abuja Tuesday, claimed that the security situation in the country has gone from bad to worse, demanding “Buhari declare state of emergency on security, Nigeria is collapsing under your watch”.
He said: ” I addressed you here in April on the worsening security situation in the country. Then female international aide work was killed in Kaduna state amidst the endless bloodletting across the country.Between April and now the security situation in the country has gone from bad to worse forcing concerned patriotic leaders to voice out alarmingly to President Muhammedu Buhari that the nation is collapsing under his watch.
“As National Chairman of the main opposition party I cannot agree less with the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo when he said among other things that the main issue, if I may dare say, is poor management or mismanagement of diversity which, on the other hand, is one of our greatest and most important assets. As a result, very onerous cloud is gathering. And rain of destruction, violence, disaster, and disunity can only be the outcome. Nothing should be taken for granted; the clock is ticking with the cacophony of dissatisfaction and disaffection everywhere in and outside the country.
PDP Chairman also noted that “the PDP wholeheartedly associates itself with the position of patriotic Nigerians and urges President Buhari to respond appropriately their timely advisories by declaring state of emergency on security in the country and go further urgently to address the issues raised in Obasanjo’s letter.
According to Secondus ” there is no doubt that the only thing apparent in President Buhari and APC administration is incompetence and this is clearly underscored in the way and manner they are handling the affairs of governance which has continued to take a huge toll on the nation.
“The level of bloodletting occasioned by the barrage of criminalities across the country can only be happening in a country without government. The killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere is the height point of murdering of innocent Nigerians across the land, he said.
Reacting to those lambasting Obasanjo, Secondus said “the OBJ letter is explicit and direct, it is the truth of what is going in our country. When we run a way from the truth, the consequences is that we will be in trouble. We should not under play the security situation and we should not trivialize it.
