Timi Frank, former Deputy
National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday
called on President Muhammadu Buhari to follow the example of the Senior Pastor
of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, who
recently stepped down from his position following allegations of rape against
him.
Frank explained that since Buhari
has been accused of rigging himself into office during the last presidential
elections, the “best thing would be for him to step down until the petition
filed against him by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is decided by the Tribunal and the Supreme Court”.
In a statement he signed and
issued on Tuesday, Frank said: “What General Buhari and the All Progressives
Congress (APC) did to Nigeria during the last general elections amount to a
grievous rape on our democracy. Therefore Buhari must of necessity step down
just like Pastor Fatoyinbo has done, pending the final determination of the
ongoing petition by the Justices of the presidential election petitions
tribunal and the Supreme Court.
“As a man who claims to have
integrity, it is only normal that you (General Buhari) step aside so that the
judiciary can do its job without fear, favour or bias that could stem from the
ongoing interference in the official activities of the Justices by agents of
the executive.
“As at today, the tribunal
members are being intimidated, out-rightly harassed, blackmailed, coerced,
bribed and above all, covertly threatened by the executive in order to
fraudulently procure a favourable judgement,” Frank stated.
He claimed that Buhari’s manifest
incompetence, poor leadership and his unabashed rigging of the last
presidential election have brought untold pain and hardship upon Nigerians.
Frank added: “Your administration
raped Nigerians by denying them the true outcome of their vote which was to
ensure that a man who can help further the fight against insecurity, tackle
unemployment, mitigate poverty and boost the economy in the person of Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar was elected.”
The political activist also
called on all Nigerians especially members of the civil society, labour unions
and celebrities that spearheaded the protest against the COZA pastor last
Sunday to apply the same pressure on the present “illegitimate government so as
to stop their present illegalities which is tantamount to continuous rape on
the nation’s democracy, pending the outcome of the presidential election
petition tribunal and the Supreme Court”.
Frank continued: “Following the
colossal rape of the nation’s democracy and rule of law by General Buhari and
his gang through the wholesale rigging of the last general elections,
kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry and other deadly security malady have
become a daily affair across the country.
“Added to this evil is the
ongoing forceful establishment of Ruga Settlements all over Nigeria which will
lead to further rape, killings and maiming of innocent citizens and the
systematic annexation of their ancestral lands by his foreign collaborators and
others known as fulani herdsmen.”
He called on well-meaning
Nigerians to urgently rise and take a decisive stand against the “ongoing
pillaging and stripping of their common patrimony and the mortgaging of the
future wellbeing of their children’s children by General Buhari and his gang”.
“Those who led protests against
the COZA pastor that forced him to step down must also prevail on General
Buhari to step down pending the outcome of the ongoing judicial process against
his election because the allegations against Pastor Fatoyinbo and General
Buhari are the same,” Frank declared.
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