{"id":20780,"date":"2020-02-01T16:22:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T16:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=20780"},"modified":"2020-02-01T16:22:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T16:22:53","slug":"buhari-asked-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-asked-to-resign","title":{"rendered":"Buhari asked to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has called on President Muhammadu <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muhammadu_Buhari\">Buhari<\/a> to resign.<\/p>\n<p>CUPP made the call while expressing shock at the immigration visa ban slammed on Nigerians by the United States government.<\/p>\n<p>Imo Ugochinyere, its spokesman, in a statement on Saturday, said the development was one of the visible signs of the pariah state Buhari has turned our country.<\/p>\n<p>He said all indices are pointing to the fact that this All Progressives Congress (APC) government is bent on running this country aground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll parts of the country are currently under security siege with killings, kidnappings, banditry and insurgency becoming the order of the day\u201d, CUPP noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe electoral impunity being displaced under this government has reversed the gains of electoral reforms carried out by past administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoverty is endemic on a large scale and it is visible wherever one turns to in the country while corruption, especially in high places, has continued unabated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdding to judicial\/legislative rascality and ethnic cleansing that we have been leaving with is this international ostracization. All of these and more are consequences of Buhari\u2019s incurable incompetence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConcerned about the fate of Nigerians and generations yet unborn, the CUPP hereby call on Buhari to resign before it is too late. He should to save Nigeria from further embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only patriotic thing the President can do for the country at this moment is to step down for a more competent person to take over. The time is now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe had also asked Buhari to resign.<\/p>\n<p>Abaribe, in his contribution to a motion sponsored by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, on national security, said the nation\u2019s leader and his government have been lying to Nigerians that Boko Haram has been defeated.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThose who live on propaganda shall die by propaganda. Defeat is staring us in the face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerians did not elect the Chief of Staff, Nigerians did not elect heads of Security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerians elected President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and in 2019. He should resign with immediate effect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. CUPP made the call while expressing shock at the immigration visa ban slammed on Nigerians by the United States government. 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