The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that the failed robbery attacks within the precinct of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, in Abuja, clearly shows that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the capacity to secure Nigeria,
The PDP said this in a Press statement on Tuesday, titled: ‘Bandits Invasion of Presidential Villa Shows Buhari Cannot Secure Nigeria, Says PDP’, by its National Spokesman, Kola Ologbodiyan.
The PDP in its reaction, maintained that the attempted robbery of the residence of the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has heightened apprehensions over the capacity of the Presidency to secure the nation.
The party said: “The @OfficialPDPNig is alarmed by the invasion of Aso Presidential Villa by bandits and armed robbers, saying the development further points to the collapse of security command structure under President @MBuhari’s incompetent watch.
“All over the world, the Presidential Villa, as the seat of power and national sovereignty, is the fortress of the nation that ought to have impregnable security.
“As such, any breach of security, particularly by outlaws and in sequence, sends a clear danger signal to the overall security of the nation.
“It is imperative to state that such security infraction, that gave way for outlaws to invade the Presidential Villa, in sequence, in spite of its perceptibly secured ambience, can only happen under an absentee President, who have not demonstrated the required capacity expected of his Office.”
The PDP also recalled that there were security breaches in June, last year, in Aso Rock, involving a shooting, arising from a bitter squabble between members of the President’s family and some Security Aides.
It added: “Our party is worried that if President @MBuhari cannot guarantee the security of the Presidential Villa, then his capacity to secure the entire country is no longer assured.
“The @OfficialPDPNig, therefore, urges President @MBuhari to wake up from slumber, review his Security Architecture and take decisive steps, beyond his lethargic body language, to secure our nation.”