Those trying to plunge Nigeria into chaos will be invited for questioning.

SPECIAL Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said those trying to turn the country into a chaos field under the guise of criticism “will be asked to come and answer some certain questions.”

He noted that there is limit to freedom of expression even in a democracy and critics must know this.

Adesina said this last night while featuring on Channels Television’s  programme ‘Politics Today’

The presidential spokesman was reacting to the calls in some quarters urging his principal to resign in the face of growing insecurity in the country.

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) had asked Buhari to step down over his inability to protect Nigerians after the  attack on rice farmers in Zabarmari, a community in Jere, Borno State.

Recently Salihu Yakasai said the APC has failed at all levels asking  President Buhari to resign if he could not protect the lives and property of Nigerians.

Yakasai said this in reaction to the recent abduction of over 300 students from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara.

But speaking against the background of these reactions, Adesina said, ““Under a democracy, people have freedom of speech.

“This is peculiar to democracy but that freedom also has boundaries. There is no freedom that doesn’t have boundaries otherwise it will injure the person who is utilizing it.”

“If anyone is saying such things [asking Buhari to resign] under a democracy, it is allowed. But when it borders on causing chaos and turning the country into a chaos field, that person will be asked to come and answer some certain questions.”

Adesina stressed that although freedom of speech is an attribute of a democratic government, comments that have the tendency to stoke tension in the country may be questioned.

He admitted the country is facing serious challenges but insisted “both the security agencies and the president need to be encouraged.”

“If all we do is to come out with criticism, then we are part of the problem and not the solution,” he said.

Before he took over the reins of power from his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, Buhari used to be a vociferous critic of the Jonathan administration.

In fact in 2013 he asked Jonathan to resign for “failing” to tackle insecurity.