The seeming desperation relentlessly displayed by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential flag bearer in the Feb. 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar to unseat President Bola Tinubu has made a pro-democracy group, the Coalition For A Better Nigeria to call on security agencies in the country to put some identified figures under watch.
Following the loss of the
opposition candidates Atiku Abubakar of PDP and Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP)
in the keenly contested election, the duo who had separately claimed to be
winners pursued the case up to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court reaffirmed
the judgment of the competent lower courts that the All Progressives Congress
(APC)’s candidate, Bola Tinubu clearly won the contest.
However, rather than accept the
verdict of the apex court, the individuals along with other disgruntled
politicians such as former President Olusegun Obasanjo have been organising
press conferences and making statements capable of inciting the Nigerian
public.
The latest uproar was
occasioned by recent rulings of Courts of Appeal nullifying the victories of
some governors which the courts found were wrongly issued certificates of
return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The undesirable tension their acts
have been creating in the country prompted the Coalition to put records
straight and warn that the dissatisfied politicians could be up to a dangerous
game.
In a release signed by its
National Coordinator, Comrade Awa Bamiji and forwarded to P.M.NEWS in Lagos on
Tuesday, the Coalition stated that: “When APC lost the entire Zamfara State,
the Bayelsa mandate, and all Rivers’ State National Assembly tickets to the
PDP, in 2019, under the APC Government, Obasanjo’s Democracy was the best for
Africa.
“The same inconsistent
political leader of our time, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, celebrated the 2015
electoral loss of the PDP to the APC because he tore his PDP’s membership card
in the full glare of the public before the election to pass a strong message to
his embattled godson, former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, who he alleged
had abandoned him since he won the 2011 Presidential election.
“Nigerians outside the country,
please, be warned! You may be at a loss with the reality of the political
situation in Nigeria. If you are still part of those who are taking the
statement of the former President and unofficial Chairman of Board of Trustees
of Labour Party (LP), Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, that “Democracy is not working
for us in Africa”! serious, then we have a long way to go.
“We have a strong feeling that
none of these opposition leaders and their loyalists is ready to accept court
verdicts. So, they may be up to a sinister game.
“Therefore, they should be put
under strict monitoring by the Security operatives because having tried their
best without getting their desired result, they can do anything out of frustration
to destabilise the country.
“This Government is just 6
months old and we are seeing its struggles to make things get better,
especially in areas of Security, wooing foreign investors, Palliatives’
distribution, dialogue with Labour Unions, gradual decline in Naira/Dollar
rate, raising hope of resumption of our local refineries starting from next
year and more.
“We believe 2024 holds something
better in stock. It’s going to be a year of New Nigeria, by God’s grace.”
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