The ongoing protest over the long absence of President Muhammadu Buhari from seat due to ill health continued on Wednesday with the protesters accusing the Nigerian government of holding the nation to ransom.
The groups insisted that the President must either return or resign his position as the nation’s number one citizen.
According to them, the acting President Yemi Osinbajo has been unable to take concrete decisions that could move the nation forward.
The protesters who held a sit-out at the Unity Fountain, Maitama, Abuja under the wary eyes of policemen, stressed that the President was not greater than the country.
Ariyo Atoye of the Coalition in Defence Of Nigerian Democracy told newsmen on Wednesday that Buhari was being propped up in power by a cabal that wanted to continue using his name to loot the national treasury.
“It is the cabal that wants him (Buhari) to continue in power so they could loot the treasury. They said power has fully been transmitted to Osinbajo but he could not even allocate portfolio to ministers,” he said.
Meanwhile, a member of the BringBackOurGirls movement, Aisha Yesufu has criticized the police harassment, noting that the operatives should be deployed in the North-East to fight Boko Haram insurgents rather than assaulting harmless youths.
She said, “Buhari is not greater than Nigeria and he cannot continue to hold the nation to ransom because he is sick. I once said he should resign and allow another person to take over, it is not as if we hate him, we love him and we pray for his quick recovery. It is not about a person, it is about the country; our mumu don do.”
