The Northern Elders Forum has taken a swipe at the President Muhammadu Buhari administration over the security challenges in the country.
Spokesman of the forum, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said President Buhari has failed as the Commander-in-Chief and should resign.
He made this call on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, adding that Nigeria is losing the war against terrorism in the northeast.
According to a northern Elders spokesman , the group is exercising their democratic right to Mr. President that he has failed and should resign noting that there is nothing wrong with that, further stating that Buhari was elected to perform the job but he has not performed the job and Should resign.
He explained that Nigerians could not be said to be winning this war against terrorism giving the number of lives that are lost on daily basis in the country maitaining that we are losing the war .
He lamented that the nation’s military is being overwhelmed as it is involved in fighting insurgency in the northeast, banditry in the northwest among other operations.
His remarks come five days after Boko Haram terrorists killed 43 farmers in Zabarmari, Borno State.
Following the attack on Saturday, many Nigerians including the National Assembly members called for the sack of the nation’s service chiefs for failing to tackle the security challenges in the country.
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