Ahead of the planned arraignment of the Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, over alleged forgery of Senate Standing Rules, a traditional ruler in Enugu State, His Royal Highness, Igwe Dr. Hafford Agana, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of chasing shadows.

The monarch said instead of concentrating on the various ‎problems facing the country, the President was engaging in witch-hunt.

He said the murder attempt on the life of Ekweremadu on November 17, 2015, and the silence of the presidency over the matter lent further credence to the fact that there was a grand plot to remove the Senator at all costs.

Igwe Agana, who addressed journalists in Enugu on Sunday, equally said by Buhari’s recent actions, Nigeria’s democracy was under serious threat.

According to him, “since the present administration assumed office, it has been from one crisis to the other.

“The promises upon which Nigerians voted Buhari into power are yet to be realized; the cost of food items has gone beyond the reach of the average Nigerian. The power outages have become the worst in Nigeria’s history. The level of unemployment, insurgency in the North-East, the Niger Delta militancy, Biafra resurgence, the harsh economy and more, are issues that should occupy the time of the President instead of pursuing those that did not vote for him during the 2015 general election.

“I, therefore, call on President Muhammadu Buhari to refrain from actions capable of derailing the hard-earned Nigerian democracy.