Nigerian government hails pro-Buhari protesters, lambasts Charlyboy’s group
Nigerian
government hails pro-Buhari protesters, lambasts Charlyboy’s group
The federal government of Nigeria has hailed the organizers of
pro-Buhari rally in Abuja on Thursday.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this comment while receiving members of the Centre
for Civil Society and Justice, a civil society coalition, who staged a rally in
support of President Muhammadu Buhari at the the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Shehu assured them that attempts to derail the war against corruption “using
subterfuge and bluff” will not succeed.
He also lauded Nigerians for rising against what he called the
“chaotic rout of protesters” assembled at the Unity Fountain demanding Buhari’s
return, dismissing such demands as “unlawful.”
Shehu said, “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 N47.2bn and $487.5m of public resources in cash and property traced to her
by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, you don’t expect the
beneficiaries of that order to allow the Buhari administration some peace.
“They want to distract us. But what the Acting President wants to assure
patriotic citizens is that the government will not bend.
“As far as 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 group or
individual.”
He described the “return or resign” protests that started in
Abuja on Monday as “an illegal assembly stealthily organised to deliver a blow
to the war against corruption.”