President Muhammadu Buhari has
urged sponsors of Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria, which
planned a “Revolution Now” protest for Monday, to identify themselves and lead
the campaign or lose the right to call themselves leaders.
This is coming after Omoyele
Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow Protests, was picked up at his apartment
in the early hours of Saturday.
Reacting, Buhari in a statement
issued in Abuja on Sunday by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the
President (Media & Publicity), called on all those who seek to use and hide
behind everyday citizens to attain power through undemocratic and violent
means, which has been alluded, to come out clearly and be identified.
He said they should lead their
march in person, stressing that only then will they begin to have the right to
call themselves leaders before the people of Nigeria.
The statement reads, “the
President and his administration respect and uphold the right of every Nigerian
to peaceful protest and civil campaign – whether to raise awareness on issues,
and even oppose the government, noting that it is the inalienable right of all
citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to do so.
“There is, however, a difference
between peaceful call to protest and incitement for a revolution.
“The organisation championing
this planned action is not fronted by any serious public faces. We call on the
sponsors and organisers to have the decency to come forward and make their
identity known – out of respect to all Nigerians – so that Nigerians can be
fully aware in whose name this “revolution” is being proposed and who the
beneficiaries may be.
“Less than six months ago,
Nigeria held simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections. Both
contests were won resoundingly by President Muhammadu Buhari and his
All-Progressives Congress party. The campaign was observed, and results were
confirmed by international election monitoring groups and observers. The result
was even contested by the losing presidential candidate and his party in Court.
“The ballot box is the only
constitutional means of changing government and a president in Nigeria. The
days of coups and revolutions are over.
“Those making the “revolution’’
call hide behind the veil of social media modernity. But without revealing the
identity of their sponsors this shadowy campaign is no better, and no more
democratic, than the days of old.”
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