Muhammadu Buhari Has To Sit Up – Biodun Olujimi

Senator Biodun Olujimi has blamed the clash between four security agencies in an attempt to arrest Ayo Oke and Ita Ekpeyong in Abuja on the President Muhammadu Buhari’s “lack of control” over his government.

His words: “The EFCC went to the residence of the former director general of the SSS Ita Ekpeyong to effect an arrest and the Director of State Security stopped the EFCC from arresting him. That created environmental brouhaha. The whole environment and neighbours were stopped from lawfully gaining entrance into their homes because of this confusion.

“Same yesterday, the EFCC wanted to arrest the former DG NIA, Mr. Oke. Also, the officers of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency stopped that arrest. We will recall that the Director of SSS has written this Senate before now on Mr. Magu, the Chairman of EFCC.

“We are not here to say who is at blame. We have been embarrassed before the international community. That two sister agencies will engage in a fisticuff. Arrest and stoppage of arrests. Mr. President, this is a recipe for national disaster,” he added.

She alleged that President Buhari’s government had been hijacked.

“Right now, we have a situation whereby nobody is in charge of anything and we cannot honestly blame anyone for what is happening. The truth is that you cannot go to the house of a security agent, a man who had kept the secrets of Nigeria for so long and just try to arrest him like chicken.

“There has to be someone that we can hold responsible when two brothers are fighting. The person that is supposed to be held responsible has not done anything. He is not doing his work. This is the first time we’ll see gross irresponsibility in government whereby there is no arbiter.

“No one to come in between two agencies that belong to only one person. The two agencies report to one person, the Presidency and now we find them fighting on the pages of the newspapers. It’s a shame.

“We are calling on the President, he has to sit up, he should be up and doing. Call these people to order.

“You will remember that we rejected Mr. Magu and up till today nothing has been said about it. Mr. President, something has to be done, the presidency has to be called to order. Nobody is in charge of this government. Nobody is in charge and somebody needs to be in charge.”