Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday urged the Nigerian government to
arrest those planning to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration
and try them for treasonable felony before it’s too late.
Recall that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army,
Lieutenant General TY Buratai, last week said he received information that
some individuals were approaching some officers and soldiers for
undisclosed political reasons.
Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, Director Army Public
Relations, said on the basis of that, Buratai “has warned such persons to
desist from these acts”.
Falana, however, warned that the matter must not be treated
with levity because of the weighty consequences.
He spoke in Ilorin, Kwara State, at the weekend in a paper
titled “Politics, Leadership And Accountability: The Role Of The People”
delivered at a colloquium on Kwara@50 organised by The Movement For
Genuine Change.
Falana said: “The political class should stop playing into
the hands of potential coup plotters. While the decision of the Army chief to
alert the nation of the devilish plot is appreciated, the authorities should
proceed to fish out the coup plotters and their civilian collaborators with a
view to trying them for treasonable felony.
“Notwithstanding the glaring shortcomings of the fragile
democratic process, the people should be allowed to take advantage of the
democratic structures to take their political destiny in their own hands.”
On the economy, Falana called for the resuscitation of the
Peoples’ Bank to give loans to indigent citizens who could not access loans in
commercial banks.
“The Islamic Bank and others which are not going to charge
interests should be established.
“In addition, the
federal government should spend the fund recovered from corrupt public officers
and their privies on job creation and fixing of hospitals and schools as well
as the funding of other social services”, he said.
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