National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not appear before the National Assembly because he was afraid.
The main opposition party boss stated this Thursday while addressing the media as part of activities to mark his third year in office.
President Buhari was billed to honour a summon by the House of Representatives on Thursday to address the House on measures being taken to arrest growing insecurity in the country but eventually did not honour the invitation.
Reacting, Secondus said he was surprised that as a retired general, Buhari was afraid to face the National Assembly over security.
“This back and forth from the President on a vital issue as security that is overwhelming our nation underscores our position as an opposition party that nobody is in charge and that this is a broken government.
“Disregarding the nation’s parliament is disregarding the Nigerian people because they are representatives of the people.
“The truth which is worrisome is that the President either does not know what is happening or does know what to do otherwise he should not be afraid to face the people,” Secondus said.
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Speaking on the zoning of the presidential ticket of the party, Secondus said, “After the general election, we set up a panel to study and appraise our performance and make necessary recommendations.
“The Governor of Bauchi state, Alhaji Bala Mohammed is heading the committee and it is still working.
“We did the same thing when we lost election in 2015 when we set up Sen. Ike Ekweremadu committee to look into why we lost. It was from that report that the party took action towards 2019.
“The same way this time, we must study our last outing before looking ahead. We can’t be talking of zoning when we have not appraised how we faired in the last election.
“Moreover, the state of the nation today is such that politics or anything concerning 2023 of three years away should take back stage.’’