Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari attends a reception at the closing session of the Commonwealth Business Forum at the Guildhall in central London on April 18, 2018, on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM). The Commonwealth Business Forum will discuss practical ways to enhance trade, showcase investment opportunities and promote sustainable development. / AFP PHOTO
*resolve to suspend plenary for 3 days in protest
*say President has failed Nigerians on Section 14 of 1999 Constitution
*ask President to declare all killer-herdsmen as terrorists
*pass vote of no confidence on all service chiefs, security advisers
By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA-In an unusual daring move, the House of Representatives at Wednesday plenary summoned President Muhammadu Buhari to make explanations on why the wave of insecurity has persisted across the nation.
The members also resolve to suspend plenary for 3 consecutive days to protest the killing of Nigerians.
The House also passed a vote of no confidence in all the Service Chiefs and all security advisers to the President while asking the president to declare all killer herdsmen as terrorists.
These resolutions followed a motion on the incessant killings in Benue State especially the last one that claimed the lives of two Reverend fathers on Tuesday.
The House resolved that in the light of Section 14 of the 1999 Constitution which places the security and lives of the Nigerian people as the priorities of government, the president has failed.
Details later.
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