Emerging
facts revealed that security has been beefed up in the Abuja House,
London, as an international Human Rights Organisation, called ‘Opinion
Nigeria’, is mounting pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to tender
his resignation letter, in order to pave way for the confirmation of the
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, as President.
According
to a Reporter stationed outside the premises of the building, the
officials at the House have stepped up security measures, to prevent him
or other media men from talking to visitors in the building.
On
his resignation, President of the group, Jeff Okoroafor, in a petition
to Buhari entitled: “A call for President Muhammad’s Buhari’s
resignation without further ado”, said the response by Presidential
Spokesman, Femi Adesina, that Buhari was “on a short leave, which is
part of his annual vacation”, was the beginning of an unending tale.”
Okoroafor,
said this scenario had left the Vice President in an acting capacity
“for too long”, especially at a time when the country was in dire need
of affirmative actions to put things in the right perspective for the
year.
He
said: “Although there seem to be a general assumption that the Vice
President, Yemi Osinbajo, is acting in the place of the President, as
such no vacuum is created in the system. But we are quite aware that
there are so many pending issues on the desk of Mr. President that
awaits his return.
“We
cannot be operating in secrecy at the Presidential level, expecting the
information hungry Nigerians to keep mute. We have the right to know
what is happening and we are committed to a functional and operational
Nigeria, which is not halted for any political gains or satisfaction.
“Based on this, we call for the
immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari, quoting his health
as the reason to fully function as the President of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, followed swiftly with the immediate confirmation of Vice
President, Yemi Osinbajo, as a substantive President of the country.
“We
hope that this petition will reach deserving authorities in good faith,
understanding that the urgency of this request is born out of the
desire to salvage the country from total collapse.
We pray and urge that
this letter will be treated without prejudice or sentiment from
whatever sphere of reasoning”, it emphasised.
“As
the days on vacation recede, Nigerians yearn insistently to know the
circumstances surrounding the President’s seemingly emergency exit from
the country.
It is ponderous to put on record that this so-called all
important vacation was coming at a point when the country’s economy was
demanding the innovation, or yet still budgetary intervention to
ameliorate the sufferings of many Nigerians.
“The social media in Nigeria within
these seven- over ten day vacation was awashed with stories competing
for public attention about the reason behind the trip.
The stories
expanded with time with the climax asserting the death of President
Buhari, over failure to respond to treatments from the medical team in
some named Hospital in the UK.
“The
Presidency so far has come up with conflicting versions of comments to
diffuse the tension, but their words further rambled the suspicion of
most Nigerians who requested that the President relay a video to
Nigerians, assuring them that he was hale and hearty but, he never
succumbed.”
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