Buhari at the 31st AU Summit in Mauritania (photo credit: State House)
The Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is the “chief promoter of undemocratic illegalities” in Nigeria.
This was in reaction to the “illegal” attempt to impeach Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom by members of the State House of Assembly on Monday.
In a statement, the R-APC alleged that Buhari wants to force Nigerians to accept his second term bid by force, saying that his silence on the matter proves that.
“On the one hand, the APC party leadership declared that they aren’t losing sleep over our members’ activities ostensibly to present a fake personae but it has consistently mounted pressure on our members to capitulate under the influence of mouth-watering promises,” the R-APC said.
“Now that our member Governor Ortom has given the APC red card, and deservedly so, heaven has been let loose and President Muhammadu Buhari has maintained a conspiratorial silence and deliberately feigning ignorance over the democratic gangsterism that has dominated Benue assembly at present.”
As stated by the statement, “this desperation is getting too much and it must be arrested forthwith without equivocation before this democracy is reduced to a mindless rubble.
“We cannot afford to feign ignorance over this heinous crime against humanity under an atmosphere of threat, tension and harassment that has assumed the second nature of this government.
“It is becoming petty that this government has descended to a level of irredeemable dictatorship and outright desperation in the name of forcing the bitter pills of second term down the throat of Nigerians.
“We cannot continue to pretend that all is well when our country is gradually descending to the abyss of maximum rulership orchestrated by the president’s foot soldiers.
“We are therefore raising alarm that this democracy must be saved from the indecent grip of APC agents of suppression and oppression under the clear supervision of the president.”