Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
A pro-democracy group‎, Guardian of Democracy Movement (GDM) has warned desperate politicians who are exploring the ill health of President Muhammadu Buhari to restart their political career not to throw the country into turmoil.
The National Co-ordinator of the group‎, Mr. Sabo Odeh‎ gave the warning at a press conference in Abuja.
He said that the group has been taking stock of recent events as they affect the polity of the nation, stressing that it must therefore flag developments that could potentially threaten the collective interest of Nigerians.
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According to him, “we like to set it out clearly here that we decided to speak at this early stage, which some people may consider as hasty or premature, but we know that scenarios like our country is dealing with require proactiveness. Things must not be allowed to degenerate beyond repairs before critical interventions are made.”
Odeh added that, “the discounting of morality to explore the ill health of a leader is something that leaves those engaged in the act pitiable as they should be. The need for them to find relevance by making stories out of a natural event is one we can sympathize with.
“Some few days ago now, President Muhammadu Buhari, notified the nation via a letter to the National Assembly, explaining his trip to the United Kingdom for a follow up treatment with his doctors. This honest step taken in keeping with the constitution has become the subject of ceaseless abuse by people that are eager to start or reboot their political careers,” he noted.
The National Coordinator frowned at Dr. Junaid Muhammad’s criticism of the Buhari administration, saying it has become so commonplace that no one is moved by it anymore.
‎”Much as we like to dismiss Mohammed’s grave error as what it is, based on information in public domain about moves being made by some self seeking and over ambitious individuals, the admission by the military hierarchy after studying the various intelligence that people are approaching soldiers for political reasons has forced us to begin connecting dots.
“We are telling Mohammed and his co-travelers that he is not speaking for any part of the country even though he couched his utterances in a way that suggests he has the mandate of a section of the country for his provocative remarks.He is on his own,” Odeh said.
The group therefore called on the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to sanction Mohammed for promoting ethnic intolerance and engaging in hate communication with a view to turning other ethnicities against the northern part of the country and vice versa.
