Hard knocks for Buhari from comments that he is surprised over insecurity

From the streets to the Senate, President Muhammadu Buhari’s comments that he is taken aback by the level of insecurity in the country, is meeting with a backlash as many are taking him to the cleaners.
Expectedly, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has joined the fray calling for his resignation.
Said Buhari when he met with leaders from Niger State, “I was taken aback by what is happening in the North-West and other parts of the country. During our campaigns, we knew about the Boko Haram. What is coming now is surprising. It is not ethnicity or religion; rather it is one evil plan against the country,” the president said according to a statement issued by his spokesperson, Femi Adesina.
“We have to be harder on them. One of the responsibilities of government is to provide security. If we don’t secure the country, we will not be able to manage the economy properly.
The PDP Wednesday says his comments show he is overwhelmed, and has no solutions to the country’s challenges.
In a statement, the opposition party
described the comments as defeatist, demoralizing, and traumatizing.
The PDP states that by this comment, President Buhari “has displayed a disheartening dereliction of duty, directly admitted that he is overwhelmed and lacks the required capacity to articulate and implement any solutions to the escalated insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, bloodletting and increased wave of violence under his administration.”
It adds: “Our party holds that such a statement from a Commander-in-Chief, who promised to lead from the front, is distressing as it further exposes an abdication of duty and shows that Mr. President is not even abreast of his major task in governance which is the security of lives and property.
“The PDP is particularly worried over this apparent display of leadership failure as Mr. President ought to be receiving a daily brief from his service Chiefs on the actual situation on ground.
“His comment therefore speaks volumes on the manner with which the security of our nation is being handled at the highest levels despite the huge resources reportedly committed to security issues by the Buhari administration.
“The PDP notes that such development has further eroded the confidence Nigerians repose on the Buhari Presidency for solutions, especially given his failures to rejig his security high command in the face of failures and demands by well-meaning Nigerians.
“The party therefore backs the call by the Senate Minoriry Leader, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, asking President Buhari to resign.”