By Ignatius Okorocha
There was pandemonium at the floor of the Senate on Wednesday at floor as Senators from the opposition parties teamed up to stage a walk out from plenary in protest against endless killings in Nigeria and vowed to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, if he fails to resolve insecurity challenges within six weeks.
Addressing a press conference on the state of insecurity, the PDP Senate caucus minority leader, Senator Philip Aduda revealed that they have issued President Buhari a six weeks ultimatum to resolve insecurity or be impeached.
According to him, the issue of insecurity was first raised during a closed door session and it was agreed that the red chamber would discuss and issue an impeachment notice because of the endless killing that have even made Abuja’ capital of the nation unsafe.
Our correspondent reports that Senate President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan ruled Philip Aduda out of order, saying that the motion was inappropriate.
While protesting, Senators sang, saying “all we are saying is Buhari must go.”
Before addressing the Senate Press Corps, the lawmakers in the upper legislative Chamber staged a walkout in protest after Senator Philip Aduda attempted to raise the motion but was shut down by the Senate President Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan.
The lawmakers expressed fear that killings in Abuja have become unbearable, recalling that all recommendations by the upper and lower legislative Chambers on how to address insecurity were unworkable.
Senators held a closed-door session for two hours before resuming the plenary on Wednesday.
Aduda who represents the Federal Capital Territory in the upper legislative Chamber said: “We went into a closed door session on the state of insecurity in Abuja and took cognisance that Nigeria is no longer safe
“Senate has recommended various measures and discovered that even Abuja is no longer safe.
“We agreed in the closed session that we will give President Muhammadu Buhari an ultimatum, but the Senate President Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan didn’t want us to raise the issue.
“However, we have issued six weeks for President Buhari to resolve insecurity or be impeached.
“We walked out of Chambers in protest
