The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to ignore those who recently dumped the
All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and
other parties.
The group described the
development as “regrouping of thieves”, urging the current government to focus
on developing the country.
A gale of defections had hit the
ruling party last week with some National Assembly members and Benue Governor
Samuel Ortom declaring for the opposition.
MURIC, in a statement on Monday
by its Director Ishaq Akintola, said the defectors never really belonged to the
ruling party.
It described them as distractors,
who only possess nuisance value, and politicians who find it difficult to
operate in a transparent political environment because the corruption virus is
not only in their blood, but is domiciled in their DNA.
MURIC said, “They have found an
easy solution by defecting to the same party which prioritized corruption,
idolized kleptomaniacs and rewarded criminality and impunity. These are the
true enemies of the Nigerian people. Thieves are regrouping to loot again.
“We must congratulate Buhari for
ridding his team of moles, pests, hypocrites and parasites. Majority of
political liabilities and cogs in the wheel of progress are out of the way. But
it is not over until the two big masquerades unmask and jump the fence into the
traitors’ mafia camp.
“We voted for these defectors
because of Buhari. We did not vote for them on personal merit. We pity the
defectors. They are victims of collective amnesia. Have they forgotten that
they rode on the back of Buhari in 2015 to get into what later turned out to be
a den of thieves?
“Buhari was the magic name in
2015. He has not lost that magnetic aura. The records show that he has
performed creditably well in spite of the deadly mines laid by traitors in that
notorious den. Buhari is still the dot in the com”.
“We are not moved by the number
of defectors. The questions we should be asking is ‘What is their quality? How
much moral fiber do they possess? What has been their contribution to party
followership? How loyal have they been to their party? Have they ever been supportive
of presidential initiatives? Are they the type that will pass the integrity
test? Have they been playing positive roles in the war against corruption?
“Progressives who support
President Buhari’s anti-graft fight should heave sighs of relief if the answers
to the above questions are all negative. In fact Mr. President should be
congratulated that traitors and clogs in the wheel of progress have finally shown
their faces.
“When the going was good, they
were only good as alternatives to Nollywood, court jesters and boot-lickers of
corrupt hill-top political godfathers, sleeping on duty, blocking presidential
nominees, budget padding and delaying budgets for seven months. These people
never really belonged ab initio. They came with a mission to protect their
stolen booty and to protect their superrich and corrupt godfathers by
debilitating and retarding the war against corruption.
“We are aware of the fact that
politicians generally have not lived up to the expectation of Nigerians and no
single political party is an exception. While there is little choice in rotten
apples, we must note that if Buhari’s party is not the answer, it cannot be
those who pauperized the citizenry and brought the country to its knees. We are
not thinking of any party, our focus is on President Muhammadu Buhari. Our
interest is integrity, transparency, probity and accountability.”
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