Emerging report reaching Post-Nigeria, has revealed that President Muhamamdu Buhari, may quit office on or before May 29, over the looming mass protest organised by civil societies, challenging him to disclose his health status.
A top Presidential source, on Friday night, in an exclusive chat with Post-Nigeria, hinted that Buhari is not afraid of any mass protest, as “he would rather resign, than disclose his health status.”
“Buhari is not a coward. Nobody can hold him to ransom. He has not breached the Constitution. There is no section of the Constitution that says that a President must declare his health status. Why organising mass protest to hound him out of office. Those calling for mass protest, are a bunch of Jokers.”
He added: “Watch and see, Buhari would better resign, than disclose his health status to the nation.”
All efforts made by our Corespondent to reach Buhari’s Spokesman, Femi Adesina, to corroborate what our highly placed Presidential source said, proved abortive.
Recall, that some Civil Society Organisations and some Lawyers, have issued an ultimatum, asking the Presidency to publicly disclose the true state of Buhari’s health, on or before May 29, or risk forcing the President out of office.
Speaking on the secrecy surrounding the health of Buhari, the President, Campaign for Democracy, Bako Usman, threatened that the group would protest, if the Presidency failed to declare Buhari’s health status within two weeks, or at most, by May 29.
He said it was high time “some cabal members” stopped holding Nigerians hostage, by hiding the health condition of the President.
He said: “A cabal cannot be holding over 170 million Nigerians hostage, because they are enjoying some sort of benefits, to the detriment of us all.
“We are going to be a part of the struggle. We are protesting against the hiding of the President’s health status. History will not judge us right, if we keep silent over the issue.
“We voted him into power, but his performance has been below expectations. Hiding his health status has not been helpful. There is nowhere in the Constitution where the President’s health status should be treated as classified information. The secrecy is uncalled for.”
Usman further stated that, the group is giving the Presidency a two-weeks ultimatum, for it to declare Buhari’s health status.
He said: “We have been in this struggle for long, and we are not going to retire. So, if Buhari fails to address the citizens or fail to appear at the next Federal Executive Council meeting, and the one following it, we will start our protests.”
Likewise, the Spokesperson for Free Nigeria Coalition, Ariyo-Dare Atoye, said his group was giving, “May 29 ultimatum to the Presidency, for full disclosure of Buhari’s health status.”
He said: “It is the irreducible minimum we’re demanding from the Presidency and President Buhari himself. We can’t continue in this occult-like political wilderness that a few persons – influence peddlers and money monger cabals, are trying to foist on us.
“We must resist this wickedness in totality, because Nigeria is bigger than any individual. Before our eyes another dark episode is unfolding similar to what happened in 2010/2011. It will be a disservice to this nation and Mr. President himself, if we don’t collectively act to rescue him from a set of wicked cabals.”
He said in the days to come, the group would organise a rally, and even reach out to Nigerians to protest against the handling of Buhari’s health.
“If it requires us to occupy Abuja, we are ready to partner like-minded Nigerians to achieve this.
“It has reached that level now, for us to hit the streets and demand to know the health status of Mr. President. It is a price we must pay, and we must be ready to salvage our nation”, he said.
Also, the Publicity Secretary, Youth Arise for Nigeria, Liborous Oshoma, said it would be in order for the “President and the cabal to do the right thing on or before the administration’s second anniversary in office.”
Oshoma described the call as necessary, since constitutionally, the only people who can declare the President incapacitated, are the Ministers appointed by him.
He said: “Can Nigerians in all honesty, declare the person that appointed them incapacitated, because it will mean they may also be packing their bags? We employed him. He came to us to seek employment and he campaigned. Then we employed him with our votes collectively. So he is answerable to us as his employers. So if he is resting, we need to know why he is resting.
“May 29 2017, would be an opportunity to draw a scorecard to say, ‘this is where we are, and we would have been here, if not for the health of Mr. President, and his state of health is this or that. This is his state of health; he can still function well and end his tenure’.
“Nigerians want to know what is wrong with him, and if he can pull through. I believe Nigerians should join hands, not with sentiments, and say Mr. President, in the spirit of transparency, come out and say this is what is wrong with you. We can say with that kind of ailment, let us not mount pressure on him. We can say, Mr. President, take six months off to rest, and let your vice act in your stead.”
Elsewhere, a Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa, said a recent statement by the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that the President was resting until he was fit to resume work, should be seen as a confession that Nigeria’s leader was unfit.
He said: “We do not accept that a cabal or some un-elected persons should take over the role of the President.
“I believe Nigerians should rise up, close down all sectors of our economy, and let us all stay at home, until the President agrees to resign, and let the wheel of progress of our nation continue to move forward, rather than continue in this situation when people are afraid to invest, because there is no clear government policy.”
Adegboruwa, who also gave the May 29 ultimatum to the alleged cabal, described the situation as “unacceptable”.
“By May 29, all of these issues should be sorted out”, he stressed.
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