Wike noted that Buhari is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and cannot shift his constitutional powers of securing lives and property of Nigerians to the state governors.
The governor said this in a statement issued by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri. The governor spoke at the commissioning of the 21-kilometre Odufor-Akpoku-Umuoye Road in Etche Local Government Area of the State on Tuesday. According to Wike, such a position suggests that the All Progressives Congress-led federal government has no idea of how to tackle the troubling security issues and make the country safe for Nigerians.
He enjoined the federal government to admit that it can no longer fulfil the promises it made to Nigerians and also lead the country out of its present predicament. According to the governor, admitting weakness publicly when there is failure makes a leader respectable. The governor urged Nigerians to start comparing the performances of governors in the APC and opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party.
