· Call for Jonathan’s return
indicates rejection of Buhari, says Group
Critics of the
Buhari administration, under the banner of the Wailing Wailers have stated that
Thursday’s incident in Sokoto, where some young residents bearing placards
asked the visiting ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to “come back” shows that
President Muhammadu Buhari “has been rejected by the same people who massively
voted him in 2015.”
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| Protesting Sokoto youths and their placard. |
The group, in a
statement issued in Abuja on Friday by its Acting National Publicity Secretary,
Usman Abubakar, stated that the lingering economic woes in the country, as well
as the rising inflation rate was an indication that Buhari does not have
solution to the nation’s problems, and should as such honourably resign.
Recall that
Jonathan was in Sokoto State to pay a condolence visit to the family of late
18th Sultan of Sokoto, Ibrahim Dasuki, when some youths in Hubbaren Shehu
called on the former president to come back to office.
The late Sultan
is the father of Sambo Dasuki, who served as the National Security Adviser
under Jonathan.
The statement
by the wailers read: “We are calling on President Muhammadu Buhari for the
second time within the week to honorably resign and return back to his farm in
Daura for retirement.
“It is glaring
that Mr. President does not have any solution to the lingering economic woes,
hardship and suffering that has befallen the country. We cannot continue to
take it that all is well when the economic situation in the country is
critically disastrous.
“Just days ago,
reports showed that Nigeria’s inflation has risen to 11 years record breaking
18.3%. In the history of Nigeria, the last time we experienced hyper inflation,
depression, recession and famine was when Buhari brutally upset a civil rule
and took over powers in 1984.
“The repeat of
1984 brutal and violent rulership is panning out in 2016, it is quite
unfortunate that students of history jettisoned all they knew about Buhari and
packaged him as a reformed democrat. We are happy in a way that all those that
propped him up and elevated him to Aso Rock are now in deep regret.
“Those that
supported him out of ethnic and religious sentiments are now aware of the
gravest mistake as Hunger, Starvation and poverty does not respect ethnic group
or religion, but, it is being exerted on all and sundry. It is in evidence that
Nigerian people are totally ill-fated with Buhari.
“This is why we
are calling out that Mr President should tow a very noble and honorable path by
resigning and hand over powers to the National Assembly.
“We called for
his resignation on Tuesday, little did we know that the Sokoto and other
Northern states’ people are also demanding his resignation.
“This was
obviously demonstrated when the former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan paid a condolence visit to sympathize with the family of the late
Dasuki, in Sokoto State. It is on reports that the residents thronged out in
their thousands with placards chanting “Baba Jonathan Please Come Back.”
“Truthfully
speaking, if the country is moving in the right direction, no one will care about
the rejected stone, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. Since Buhari came to power, it has
been one bad policy or the other, it has been brutal enforcements of one
unworkable policy or the other.
“Time is fast
spent, the economy is chattered beyond redeemable levels and the entire system
is in tatters. we enjoin all Nigerians to rise up from docility and demand for
#BuhariMustGo.
“Leadership
should not be a do or die affair, it should not also be a matter of forceful
foisting of oneself on Nigerians as though we do not have rights to demand for
removal or impeachment of a failed president.
“We are making
this call because we want Nigerians to begin again to experience good economy
devoid of recession and spiral downturn and wide spread of poverty.
“Nigerians do
not deserve alarmists, propagandists and genocidists to seize the leadership of
this great country. We must look for noble men of worthy characters to lead our
nation.
“We are also
using this medium to sensitize Nigerian youths to rise up in unity to the
occasion and begin to think of replacing some of the old people who want to
perpetuate themselves and their lineage in power. If they say the youths are
the leaders of tomorrow, the question is, when will the tomorrow be? If youths
themselves sit back without taking action? Now, we declare that tomorrow is now
and Nigerian youths must now arise in strength for the good of our people and
the nation.”
Source: Daily Post
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