Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the forthcoming 2023 general elections, Dumebi Kachikwu, yesterday, described the impeachment threat to President Muhammadu Buhari by opposition members of the National Assembly as self-serving.

He stated that before the Nigerian leader should heed the call to resign, the leadership of both legislative chambers must first quit.

Kachikwu, in a statement, by his media office in Abuja, said his position has become imperative because the “National Assembly is complicit in the failure of the government which has resulted in the deteriorating security situation in the country.”

He went on: “I was very amused to hear some senators and members of the lower house call for the President to be impeached.

“This is a self-serving call. The same people, who have refused to do their job in the last three years, have just woken up to realise that the President should be impeached.

“What exactly has happened today that is different from what has been happening since President Buhari was sworn in seven years ago for the first term and three years ago for the second term? Are the attacks today any different? Are the deaths less or more meaningful?

“Is there any life worth more than the other? Are they reacting now because Abuja is threatened?

“The National Assembly is complicit in the failure of this government. So, they should ask their leadership to resign before calling on President Buhari to resign.”

The ADC standard-bearer observed that the checks and balances enshrined in the nation’s Constitution “never envisaged that Nigerians would be saddled with a spineless and self-serving legislature.”

He added: “Yes, Buhari has failed and should resign or be impeached, but he failed because the legislature failed in their duties.

“The entire leadership of the National Assembly should also resign or be impeached. This is the double-edged sword called doctrine of collective responsibility.”