The Peoples Democratic Party has advanced reasons it believes President Muhammadu Buhari halted his plan to address the National Assembly on the state of security in Nigeria.
The President had agreed to honour an invitation by the Assembly, which said the insecurity across the country demanded more than is being done to tackle it.
But the Presidency changed its mind by Wednesday, with the Minister of Justice and Attorney Gneral of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, saying the lawmakers lacked the power to so intervene on matters o security.
The All Progressives Congress also alleged that members of the Peoples Democratic Party were also planning to embarrass Buhari at the meeting.
Reacting in a statement on Monday, the PDP, through a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbodiyan, said Buhari reneged on his promise because he had nothing tangible to say.
The statement added:
“Mr President is afraid of the obvious, he knows he has nothing to tell Nigerians on the security situation in the country. That is why he is running from the National Assembly. He also failed in every area of governance including security.
“There is no plan of any sort by any member of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party to embarrass Mr President. Mr President is only afraid of his own shadows.”
