Yemi Adedeji, Abuja
Eyninaya Abaribe, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator from Abia state, Thursday wondered why President Muhammadu Buhari still remains as the Commander-in-Chief despite is inability to protect Nigerians as the killer herdsmen continue their rain of terror across the country.
Buhari had blamed the farmers, herders clashes on militias trained by Muammar Gaddafi, former prime minister of Libya, while receiving Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday in UK.
However, speaking on the floor on the chamber, Abaribe wondered why the president was still the commander-in-chief when he could not protect the country from invasion.
His words: “Two explanations were given by highly ranked security personnel on the matter of herdsmen versus farmers clashes,” he said.
“First of all, the IGP said that these killings were as a result of laws being past by states. Secondly, the defence minister said that these killings were as a result of the blockage of routes through which these herders are to move their cattle.
“And we continued to look at all these explanations. Yesterday in London, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Nigeria and the president of Nigeria said the killings are as a result of the people who were trained by the late Muammar Gaddafi and so implying that these people doing these killings in Nigeria are from outside Nigeria and even if he says they are invaders from outside Nigeria, what it means is that now it validates my last point on this floor.
“When a commander-in-chief cannot take care of invaders, invading Nigeria why is he still a commander-in-chief, why do we continue to indulge? Why do we continue to indulge this president that everywhere goes along to tell everyone outside this country that he is totally incompetent. Because it is obvious,” he said.