Worried by the worsening security situation in the country, the All Progressives Congress (APC) state chairmen have called on President Bola Tinubu to sack those who are not ready to help him tackle the insecurity.
State party chairman for Cross River and secretary, forum of APC state chairmen, Alphonsus Ogah, stated this while briefing journalists at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on the outcome of their meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Friday.
Ogah said: “We were very firm but with absolute humility in telling Mr President that district police officers, or divisional police officers, commissioners of police, DSS or anybody in the front line of fighting and combating crime that is either lukewarm, taciturn or reticent should please be shown the way out.”
He said the state party chairmen expressed concern about the insecurity, hunger and hardship in the country but commended the president for his frantic efforts in addressing the challenges.
“If subsidy was not removed, and if the floating of the naira which through another name you can comfortably call subsidy on dollar, were not replaced by Mr President, the reality of these reforms today is only the headway that can give us light in this country, and we wasted no time in commending Mr President on that.
“We made it very clear to Mr President that no reasonable person will expect him as commander in chief of the armed forces to take up arms and go round the crannies of Nigeria to fight the criminal elements, bandits, kidnappers and armed robbers. And that is why the constitution created the security agencies saddled with this responsibility,” he added.
Ogah said in carrying out fresh membership registration, the APC would enroll only those with Permanent Voter’s Cards to enable it plan ahead of the 2027 general elections based on the party’s membership base.
“We also reminded Mr President that we have worked with our governors. We have worked with our various stakeholders to collate names of party faithful. And it was also the mantra of Mr President that monkey work, monkey chop. Baboon no work, baboon no chop.
“In fact, Mr President had told us in one of those meetings that if he catches a baboon that didn’t work coming to eat, he was personally going to arrest that baboon. We reminded Mr President about that.
