The Presidency has explained why it was right to call former President Goodluck Jonathan to resign in the face of insecurity, but wrong to call for the resignation of President Bola Tinubu over the same issue.
Speaking during an interview on The Morning Brief, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST on Wednesday, Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, said calling Jonathan to resign was legitimate, but calling Tinubu to resign is not.
Bwala was responding to an old statement made by Tinubu, in which he asked Jonathan to resign in 2014 due to insecurity, following the kidnapping of the Chibok girls by terrorists.
Tinubu had said, “Why should any part of this country be under occupation? In any civilized country, Jonathan should resign.”
Responding, Bwala said, “When Asiwaju called for then-President Jonathan to resign, it was a legitimate call. Now, it’s not legitimate to call for President Tinubu’s resignation.
“Being confronted with a problem is not a problem, but when you lack a solution to solving a problem, then you have a problem. Because in life, there is no part of this planet where there are no security situations.
“I was telling my guys at the BBC that the crime rate in the United States is higher than the crime rate in Nigeria. People in a democratic setting have the right to say what they want, but the next thing is you back up what you said.
“If you believe that calling on the president to resign is a legitimate call, then begin the process; otherwise, it will be laziness on the part of the government to be concerned about individuals exercising their rights of expression.
“In the days of former President Goodluck Jonathan, they didn’t have any idea of a solution because they were in denial about the Chibok girls’ abduction.”