Some Nigerians stormed the Abuja
House, London, on Tuesday to protest against President Muhammadu Buhari’s
re-election bid.
Buhari declared his second term
bid on Monday and headed to the UK afterwards.
Sources in the presidency blamed
the protest on alleged looters and corrupt elements.
“Barely 24 hours after President
Muhammadu Buhari declared his intention to contest for another term in office
as president of Nigeria, the camps of alleged looters and corrupt elements
within and outside the country have been jolted,” a source said.
“This has forced them to push
panic buttons including renting a motley crowd of professional demonstrators to
protest against the President on his arrival into the United Kingdom.”
According to another source in
Aso Villa, extremely corrupt Nigerians who are custodians of slush funds stolen
from Nigeria, and hiding in UK or are resident cronies of such elements, have
colluded to form a league of protesters.
The source maintained that the
protesters’ singular aim was to distract and disorganise the scheduled state
visit of the president to England.
Buhari is billed to hold
bilateral talks with Prime Minister Theresa May and other dignitaries during
his stay.
“Esteemed Nigerians home and
abroad, friends and business investors in Nigeria, should please see through
the veil of the motive behind the Abuja House, Kensington London
demonstration,” the source said.
“It was an orchestrated act of
desperation and a ploy to blackmail and hoodwink the President from
concentrating on his anti corruption campaign , which is fast gaining grounds
locally and internationally.
“This unpatriotic act is not
unconnected to the Federal government policies to name and shame corrupt
citizens and looters; to collate database of Nigerians with homes in UK who are
not paying the right taxes, and the hot drive to prosecute all financial
defaulters through bilateral and multilateral means.”
According to the source, it is
obvious that this is a clear cut incident of corruption fighting back.
The source believed that many of
the beneficiaries of corruption and slush funds could not withstand another
devastating blow of Buhari’s anti-corruption sledgehammer.
“Hence, they are resolute to
derail the apple cart in order to save their ugly faces and sit back to enjoy
the loot in their personal banks,” the source said.
“Some of the protesters are not
even Nigerians but hired hatchet men paid to do the dirty job. According to
security sources, the protesters are said to be bent on embarrassing and humiliating
the President throughout his stay in the UK.
“An insider vowed that they will
take their demonstrations to the venue of CHOGM holding later in the month in
Britain, which President Buhari is attending as a Commonwealth Head of State.”
When contacted, Garba Shehu,
senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, said the
protest would not distract Buhari from his mission in the UK.
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