Buhari presiding over National Security Council meeting in Abuja, Thursday
Hours after impeachment threat, Buhari summons emergency National Security Council meeting
Barely hours after senate president, Ahmad Lawan saved him from being served an impeachment notice by members of the Upper Legislative Chamber, last Wednesday morning, President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned an emergency National Security Council meeting, presently holding at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
President Buihari is personally presiding over the meeting, Thursday morning, which has in attendance, the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd); Ministers of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd), and Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi.
Others in attendance include; Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor; other Service Chiefs and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba Alkali.
The meeting is expected to reassess the current security situation around the country as well as look into ways of overcoming challenges confronting some parts of the country.
It would be recalled that senators from across many party lines, Wednesday, staged a walkout during plenary over worsening insecurity in the country.
The senators who reportedly walk out on plenary were heard chanting ‘Buhari must go’, as they trooped out of the senate chambers.
Addressing journalists at the Senate Press Corps (SPC) Centre, immediately after the walkout, spokesperson for the senators, the Minority Leader, Senator Philip Aduda (PDP-FCT), said they have resolved to give President Buhari a six-week ultimatum within which to end the insecurity in the country or face impeachment.
According to Senator Aduda, the various recommendations by the lawmakers have been made but security challenges have not abated, which he added, now compels them commence impeachment proceedings against President Buhari now.
Aduda who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said the ultimatum to Buhari was for him to resolve the heightened insecurity in the country or face impeachment.
It was learnt that at the commencement of the plenary on Tuesday, the lawmakers had questioned the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on why the issue of insecurity was not in the Order Paper.
The aggrieved senators further expressed anger that Lawan refused to abide by their resolution after reverting to plenary after the closed-door session.
They insisted they had during their closed-door session which lasted for two hours agreed that they should debate the issue of insecurity and give Buhari an impeachable ultimatum notice.
Co-incidentally, after thwarting the senators move to initiate impeachment proceedings against Buhari, the senate president, Lawan ruled for a seven-week recess by the Upper Chambers.
