{"id":1584,"date":"2019-01-03T17:25:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T17:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2019-01-03T17:25:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T17:25:03","slug":"2019-call-buhari-to-order-in-72-hours-timi-frank-tells-abdulsalamis-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/2019-call-buhari-to-order-in-72-hours-timi-frank-tells-abdulsalamis-panel","title":{"rendered":"2019: Call Buhari to order in 72 hours \u2013 Timi Frank tells Abdulsalami\u2019s panel"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank, on Thursday gave the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee, a 72-hour ultimatum to call President Muhammadu Buhari to order.<\/p>\n

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Frank made the call over Buhari\u2019s alleged \u201cgross violation of the recently signed peace accord by presidential candidates towards the forthcoming 2019 general elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the failure to make Buhari to respect the peace accord within the stipulated period would force the \u201copposition political parties to pull out of the peace accord and subsequently direct their supporters to massively resist the ongoing aggression against them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In a statement signed and sent to DAILY POST, Frank said the call became imperative due to the \u201congoing campaign of terror against leaders of opposition political parties aimed at actualizing a wicked conspiracy already hatched between the agents of the Buhari administration, security forces and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to brazenly rig the 2019 general elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stated that the alleged \u201congoing crackdown against top members of the main opposition political party \u2013 the Peoples Democratic Party \u2013 grossly negates the spirit and letters of the accord \u2013 \u201cas there can be no peace without justice, equity and fairness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frank described the \u201congoing use of the police and anti-graft agencies to hound prominent members of the PDP as an act of aggression that cannot be further tolerated as the elections draw near.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He stated that the \u201cintimidation and hounding of key opposition figures across the country and the attempts to deny opposition parties access to legitimate finances by anti-graft and security agencies show that the APC and Buhari have begun to violate the tenets of the peace accord few weeks after it was signed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former APC spokesperson insisted that \u201cit is now clear that the President and his party are out to rig the 2019 polls, or in the alternative, refuse to respect the will of Nigerians which is to hand over the reins of power to the eventual winner of the poll, should he be defeated as he is sure to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that \u201ctop presidential aides are currently boasting that they already have results of elections that has not been conducted in their kitty with which they will declare the President and all APC\u2019s candidates vying for various offices across the country winners irrespective of the actual results of the next polls.\u201d<\/p>\n

He lamented that the Nigeria Police was leading Buhari\u2019s onslaught against the opposition ahead of the polls while the entire security apparatus of the country has shamefully bought into the plot to upturn the will of the people and rob the opposition candidates of victory.<\/p>\n

Frank further added that the \u201cillegal extension of the tenure of the current Service Chiefs and the planed elongation of the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, speaks volume about the intention of the present administration to use the nation\u2019s security forces to rig the February elections and illegally perpetuate itself in power.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the \u201csiege on Senator Dino Melaye\u2019s house by the police, the unlawful detention of activist, Deji Adeyanju, and the harassment and intimidation of businessmen believed to be sympathetic to the cause of the opposition is a clear violation of the peace accord at this pre-election stage.\u201d He noted that failure by the Abdulsalami\u2019s peace committee and members of the international community to prevail on Buhari to allow for free, fair and credible elections in the country will lead to a catastrophic upheaval never witnessed in any of the African continent.<\/p>\n

He described the much trumpeted \u201cintegrity\u201d of Buhari as phony because events have since shown him to have encouraged, condoned and perpetuated corrupt activities while deceiving gullible Nigerians that he is an anti-corruption czar.<\/p>\n

He wondered how a President that has corrupted the nation\u2019s governance system and security forces \u2013 preparatory to use them to rig the forthcoming elections \u2013 continue to lay claim to integrity.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can a President that has sanctioned the diversion of state funds to finance his election say he has integrity? How can a President that is using state-funded security forces to intimidate, harass, detain and incarcerate members of the opposition say he has integrity? How can a President who continuously disdains and disregards lawful judicial pronouncements lay claims to integrity?<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can a President who has ordered his men to monitor banks and block the source of funds for opposition political parties say he has integrity?<\/p>\n

\u201cLet the Presidency be warned. Nigerians are ready to take their destiny in their hands should the government not conduct itself properly to free the country from his clueless and inept administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny attempt to rig, truncate, or declare the next presidential election inconclusive \u2013 like the case of Osun State \u2013 or refuse to relinquish power after defeat would be tantamount to reversing the massive democratic gains the country has recorded since 1999.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, Nigerians are well prepared to resist any such draconian actions with the last drop of their blood,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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