A group has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately stop
the “cabal” that has consistently embarrassed his government from
further dragging his administration in the mud.
The G9, the umbrella body of all Self-Determination groups in the
country, in a statement, signed by its Convener, Chief Tola Adeniyi,
lamented what it called the “enthronement of dangerous double
standards and provocative precedents.”
The group cited the cases of “Ali Modu Sheriff’s alleged laundering of
N300 billion Borno funds, ex-Governor Adamu Muazu’s alleged
corruption, ex-Governor Yuguda’s alleged money laundering, Senator
Kwankwaso’s alleged diversion of N3.08 billion Local Government funds,
Shekarau’s alleged N950 million fraud, the Wamako case, Akpabio’s
alleged N108 billion fraud, Orji Kalu’s alleged N3.2 billion fraud,
and several other cases that were swept under the carpet once the
alleged ‘fraudsters’ joined the ruling APC.”
It cited “so many other recent alleged frauds perpetrated by big names
in the current administration that were left untouched.”
“And yet, the same Government pretending to be fighting corruption is
vilifying people in the Opposition parties as well as perceived
enemies,” the G9 lamented.
With regard to provocative precedents, the body noted that “since the
unprecedented desecration of the office of the IGP by the government
of Obasanjo with the vindictive persecution and humiliation of IGP
Tafa Balogun, the office of the IGP had not been accorded the historic
respect and reverence from the Nigerian public again.”
The statement said, “While G9 believes that nobody is above the laws
of the land, it also believes in the sanctity and sacredness of
institutions. Institutions are the pillars of civilised societies. We
are duty bound to protect our institutions and should never sacrifice
them on the altars of political expediency and jobbery.
“Under President Buhari, the Cabal fingered as the puppeteer of his
administration has notoriously desecrated the hallowed offices of both
the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Buhari will go down in history as the first President to put his
Senate President in the dock! It is a provocative precedent to destroy
the national Assembly by getting it invaded by another arm of
Government.”
It added, “It is the same scenario at play now with the same Cabal
about to destroy the Judiciary with an unprecedented assault on the
dignified office of the Chief Justice of the Federation. It is
believed that those who appointed Justice Onnoghen would have done due
process before his appointment. It is strange and highly suspicious
that all Security and Intelligence agencies that okayed him for
appointment will suddenly wake up from their slumber and discover with
political torch that there were beams that they ought to have seen
which they did not see!
While we are not surprised that all these anomalies are happening
given the antecedents …, G9 would like to warn that all these
uncivilised behaviours would only end up further cheapening the value
of Nigerians in international reckoning. G9 calls on President Buhari
to immediately stop the Cabal beating the drums to stop further action
on Onnoghen, allow for foolproof and transparent due process while,
for God’s sake, he should desist claiming ignorance of what is going
on in the country he is supposed to lead.”
