…Says Buhari’s Return Cannot be Imposed by a Saber-rattling Musician
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Presidency has described the Return or Resign protest as a ploy to derail the war against corruption, insisting that Buhari’s return cannot be imposed by a saber-rattling Musicians.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu stated this on Thursday, while addressing members of the Center for Civil Society and Justice, (CCSJ), a civil society coalition who staged a rally in support of President Muhammadu Buhari at the precincts of the Aso Rock Villa.
According to Garba Shehu: “The return or resign agitation as an illegal assembly stealthily organized to deliver a body blow to the war against corruption”.
“It might be taken for granted that the beneficiaries of the old order are fighting back. We have been warned that corruption will fight back. In a country where just one woman for having the opportunity to serve as minister has N47.2 billion and 487.5 million Dollars of public resources in cash and property traced to her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, you don’t expect the beneficiaries of that order to allow the Buhari administration some peace. They want to distract us. But what the Presidency wants to assure patriotic citizens is that the government will not bend.”
“As far the President is concerned, he has done the needful by handing the reins of authority to the Vice President. Since the law of the country does not give a time limit for the President’s return, it cannot be imposed by a saber-rattling musician.”
“By divine intervention, Muhammadu Buhari unexpectedly got elected with the ostensible mandate of reversing national decline and securing its future. He got into the Villa through democratic victory at election. Anybody desiring to replace him, whether you are wrestler, a hairdresser or a musician, you should go through that process. In a democracy, threats don’t work.”
Garba Shehu therefore praised the Center for Civil Society and Justice, (CCSJ) and Nigerians for rising against the chaotic rout of protesters assembled at the Unity Fountain demanding the return of President Buhari, dismissing such demands as unlawful.
Speaking on behalf of the CCSJ, the convener, Comrade Prince Goodluck Obi said his group has “absolute faith and trust in President Buhari’s administration not machinations of corruption and destabilization.
The CCSJ said from 10th August, they will be holding a rally/protest march at Unity Fountain for the next one month and beyond in order to send clear and unambiguous message to agents of chaos and unity, which Nigerians are solidly behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration based on our democratic mandate entrusted to him on 28th March 2015.
Sundiata Post recalls that the “return or resign” protesters operating under the auspices of “OurMumuDonDo Movement” are calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to resume work as elected President or resign if his health challenges cannot allow him carry out his functions effectively.
President Buhari left the country on May 7, to London on medical vacation and has since not returned.