President Muhammadu Buhari, in reaction to calls for his resignation by Northern Elder Forum, has said he does not wish to be drawn into the high-decibel show in the media.
“Publicity is the oxygen for politicians who have failed to connect with voters in a democracy”, a statement by his aide, Garba Shehu, read on Wednesday.
This is as he revealed that the country’s forces have been well equipped with more on the way towards tackling insecurity.
“The country is equally getting assurances of early delivery of equipment on order from manufacturers and the effort is ongoing to conclude other major procurements still in process.
“Only this morning, the government at a meeting of the cabinet approved the procurement of the largest ever single procurement of military vehicles.
“Similar major operations are going in the South-East and the South-South where the economic life wire of the nation and electricity transmission lines are currently being secured from saboteurs.”
The presidency accused “sponsored saboteurs” of aiming to show that the government cannot provide power by sabotaging equipment at switches and other vital points.
“They will not succeed. The public knows who is who, and who has done what in our country’s governance”, the statement added.