The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign immediately.
Reacting to the Tuesday’s resolutions of the National Assembly threatening to invoke their constitutional powers on the President if a number of constitutional infringements are not quickly addressed, Secondus said that there is no further confirmation to the fact that the President is presiding over a collapsed administration.
In a statement on Wednesday signed by his Media Adviser, Ike Abonyi, the PDP national leader said the position of the parliament reflects clearly that of a cross section of Nigerians.
Secondus contended that even though the position of the legislators is delayed, given the damage already done to democracy and the country by the Buhari administration, the lawmakers still deserve commendations for standing up for democracy and rule of law.
“Evidence abound globally that by parliamentary powers the resolution of the National Assembly means that the people have lost confidence in the President and he should quit.
“We in the opposition have been saying it that this government has no direction and does not mean well for the country,” the statement reads.
The party called on all lovers of democracy to queue behind the National Assembly at this critical time and put pressure on the President to leave the stage and save the nation’s democracy.
He said that the present government has exhibited all traits of a failed administration and did not need to wait for the parliament to give it a quit notice.
“History is a witness that when a government is bereft of ideas and still wants to cling on to power, it resorts to use of brute force, intimidation and harassment of opponents, a quality we have seen very blatantly in this regime,” Secondus said.
The PDP boss urged the National Assembly to quickly invoke their powers on the President and avert further bruises to the nation’s democratic advancement.
OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja
