The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has told President Muhammadu Buhari he has nothing new to offer the country.

Ayu accused the President of being comfortable with the state of insecurity in the country.

He stated that the President’s statement that “State Police is not an option” suggests that the situation may not be about to change.

Ayu, who made this known in a reaction to the President’s interview on Channels Television on Wednesday, further criticised Buhari for pushing the blame for the incessant killing of farmers by terrorists on locals along grazing routes.

The president had during the interview expressed reservations over State Police, expressing the fear that State Police may be abused by state governors.

“State police is not an option. Find out the relationship between local government and the governors. Are the third tier of government getting what they are supposed to get constitutionally? Are they getting it?

“Let the people in local government tell you the truth on the fight between local governments and the governors,” Buhari said.

Reacting via a statement by his media office, the PDP Chairman said it appears the killings in some parts of Nigeria, particularly in the North may not matter to him with his statement that State Police is not an option.

Ayu stated: “Watching President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday evening on Channels TV during an interview session was a gratuitous waste of time because there was nothing new coming from the President.

“As has been said by many before now, to expect anything new from our President would be a misplaced and unfortunate expectation.

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“From the economy, to insecurity, killing of innocent farmers by terrorists (which some erroneously term farmer/herder clashes) and other sundry issues, President Buhari honoured his calling as a President who has nothing new to offer.

“He again repeated the impotent argument regarding killing of farmers by terrorists, reminding Nigerians of grazing routes.

“Well, what the President failed to reference is that the herders plying the grazing routes before, neither carried AK-47s, nor did they engage in raping of women and despoliation of the assets of those along the routes.”

The PDP Chairman added that: “In President Buhari’s view, State Police is not an option. Yet, it appears the continued killings in some localities of Nigeria, particularly in the North, and more specifically in his home state of Katsina, may not matter, hence, the need to have a security system that feeds on local intelligence and nuances, which the federal police cannot adequately provide, is not an option to our President.

“To him, it appears that continuing the same process while expecting a different output and outcome is the best way to go.

“We ask, is he comfortable with the killings in the land while the status quo persists?

“Nigerians should remind President Buhari that people evolve and societies evolve. Therefore, being trapped in a time capsule of the past about State Police is not an option Nigerians are willing to accept from him.”

TheStar