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Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, says it will be absurd for a vice-president to take charge of the nation’s security. 

Okowa, who is the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was reacting to the comment made by Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference last week in Lagos, Shettima said he will concentrate on fighting insecurity, while Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, will focus on fixing the economy — if they are elected in the 2023 elections. 

“I have been in the theatre of conflicts for 18 years. I will lead the troops, my principal is an economy wizard who has transformed Lagos into the third largest economy in Africa. He will concentrate on the economy,” he had said. 

“By God’s grace, I will handle the security, and not only handle the security, I will lead the troops to battle across the length and breadth of this country.”

Reacting to the comment in a video published by Daily Trust on Wednesday, Okowa said a vice-president cannot take over the constitutional responsibility of the president. 

"I don’t want to talk about their policies. If the vice-president will take charge of security, is he (the president) not going to preside over the security council at the federal level? I don’t understand that. Because there is a commander-in-chief. Is there a reversal in position?” he asked. 

“He can offer advice. But I’ll find it absurd that he speaks about: ‘I’ll take charge of it’. Possibly they have agreed that he’s to be the commander-in-chief.”

WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION SAY?

Shettima’s remark, which has been taken to suggest that if elected, he will act as the nation’s chief security officer, has elicited varied reactions from Nigerians.

The 1999 constitution vests the exclusive authority of the commander-in-chief on the president.

Section 130 (2) reads: “The President shall be the Head of State, the Chief Executive of the Federation and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation”. 

https://www.thecable.ng/okowa-to-shettima-it-would-be-absurd-for-vp-to-take-charge-of-security/amp

Totally absurd, what will the trained Generals be doing?

He stands to be corrected..
Probably he doesn't know The role of a VP.

He thought Borno state is Nigeria.
Of course, that's his aim, to be the Commander In Chief as the VP.
I pity Uncle Emilokan, doesn't know what's in stock for him.
May they never happen to Nigeria

When I watched that clip I couldn't stop laughing, you need to see the conviction he said it with. This politicians get so high off their supply that they think we're all mad like them.

very absurd. VP as Commander-in-chief of the armed forces makes him the de facto head of state. Is he indirectly telling us that BAT is just a placeholder?

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President Shettima
Vice President Tinubu.

Another two terrorists in the making!

All Nigerian Politicians are the same.

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fman:
He stands to be corrected..
Probably he doesn't know The role of a VP.

Ok.

THE MORE APC TRIES TO CORRECT THE MESS THEY ARE IN,THEY SLIDE FURTHER INTO MORE MESS.
COMMANDER IN CHIEF RELINQUISHING THAT AUTHORITY TO HIS VP WHILE HE IS STILL THE PRESIDENT.

I THOUGHT THEY SAID SHETTIMA WAS SMART?

SUCH A DUMB ASS.

ON OBI'S MANDATE WE STAND.

Okowa is right here.

These clowns think they can always fool everyone the way they promised dollar begin equal to naira.

They ranted by how they would improve security. At no point in the history of this country has the sanctity of human life been bastardized and abused. Deaths everywhere.

Bandits having a field day.

They also claimed that they would bring down the price and deal with the petrol subsidy issues. We know better.

They promised us change. What a wicked change it was.

How a serious government will ensure we have electricity.

We failed to see that Tinubu was the image maker for PMB.

Tinubu turned the sinner into a saint.

There is a saying: fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

Well, we can't be hoodwinked again.

Can we?

teach the bokoharam commander

Anything from APC is a fat lie

Obafemi04 please I am not interested in whatever I have to say or whatever u think u want to discuss with me

Stop sending me pm


Respect yourself n lock up

Each party is making decision 2023 is close

Turkey shirt 4k only

Tinubu is only but a placeholder for Shettima. Everybody knows that.

But it can be delegated...Atiku's boy

God Bless Incoming President Bola Tinubu

A confirm Boko Haram member wants to take charge of security so he can do whatever he likes with the insurgency

Its time we start laughing at people that these cretins

Tinubu is just like a place holder for Shetima, so nothing surprising.

Otherwise, what effrontery.
Saying he will head security should be a treasonable offense.

It's his guts for me.

Obidatti is a Goal

Damn

Though sehtuma made a blunder on that,
But okawa is too dull to stand on the same podium with shetima.
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Lol. Shettima didn't see this coming.

Sometimes, overzealousness can be an albatross

Look at this Delta rat..

VP said he’ll be the GCFR��

Lol

fman:
He stands to be corrected..
Probably he doesn't know The role of a VP.

No need to correct him. Mistakes will not be tolerated again in this country, we have tolerated enough.

Matter way we don settle since

This is another catastrophical disaster about to happen. Boko boys will have field. Roaming street and filling it with corpses