Senators of opposition parties in the National Assembly (NASS) on Wednesday issued a 6-week ultimatum on President Muhammadu Buhari to fix security challenges in the country or face impeachment.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Phillip Aduda had raised a point of order for the upper legislative chamber to deliberate on the security situation of the country and possibly begin impeachment proceedings on the President.
However, the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, who presided over the plenary, declined the request of the minority leader, saying the point of order raised fell flat on its face.
Angered by the action of the Senate President, all the lawmakers elected on the platforms of all political parties other than the All Progressives Congress (APC) took turns to walk out of the legislative chamber while the plenary was ongoing.
Senator Aduda later briefed reporters at the NASS complex on behalf of his aggrieved colleagues. According to him, the opposition senators have issued a six-week ultimatum to President Buhari to tackle the security challenges bedevilling the country.
They agreed to commence the impeachment proceedings against the President should he fail to address the insecurity within the period given by the lawmakers.