The Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign immediately based on his inability to curtail the alarming security challenges in the country, an action which caused a stir on the floor of the red chamber on Wednesday.

Abaribe who spoke after the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, presented his motion on rising security challenges in the country, said the attitude of the president to insecurity in the country surprised him.

He said those who live by propaganda will die by propaganda noting that the Presidency had earlier claimed that Boko Haram had been technically defeated.

The Minority Leader said the hard work that was supposed to be done to secure the country was not forthcoming because of the propaganda.

According to him, "excuses for non-performance is now staring them in the face".

Senator Abaribe stated that Niger and Jos killings by Boko Haram terrorists indicated that the insurgency war was far from over.

He said the opposition members in the National Assembly are of the opinion that Buhari should resign from office.

"Nigerians voted a government into power. We are going with stones to stone them now because they have failed."

When the uproar generated by Abaribe subsided, Senator Abdullahi Adamu said Abaribe's submissions were unnecessary.

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, also appealed to his colleagues to approach the issue with caution.

Meanwhile, in another development, the senators protested when the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, in his contribution vehemently opposed creation of State police on account of paucity of funds crippling the states and possible abuse by the State Governors.