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The National Democratic Party (NDP) has said that the inability of President Muhammadu Buhari to curtail the increasing killings across the country which is allegedly being perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen had shown clearly that he was losing control of the administration.
Adewale Bolaji, Lagos State chairman of the party, made the observation in an exclusive interview with BusinessDay, noting that the refusal of the Inspector-General of police to obey the order of the president to relocate to Benue and the careless manners the various security agencies in the country were handling the killings were proofs of the failure of the current administration.
Bolaji added that the security of the country had deteriorated in recent times, because impunity was the order of the day in the country, while charging the Buhari administration to arrest and prosecute culprits involved in the killing of innocent Nigerians.
He said: “The killing has started since, what has he done about it? It is very unfortunate that the president is not dealing with the situation. I can’t understand why; if he could initiate an operation against Boko Haram and he has not done the same against these killings. Look at the way the inspector-general of police ignored his directive to relocate to Benue, the man did not obey and he is still in office, it shows he is losing control of this government”.
On the 2019 general election, the chairman stressed that he was not surprised about Buhari’s second term bid, but added that the president would easily be defeated because he has failed to deliver his campaign promises to Nigerians.
Speaking further, he dismissed the anti-graft war of the president, stressing that it was targeted at the opposition and condemned the recent released looters’ list as biased.
“Am not too surprised that the president has declared his intention to contest again… it is admitting that the president has failed if they don’t do otherwise.
“Everyone knows that the incumbent president has failed; some people may believe in him, but Nigerians know he has failed, those with him are there for their selfish interest. Nigerians have lost hope in him because the president has not done well to justify his re-contesting for any position,” Bolaji said.
Iniobong Iwok
