The Buhari Media Organisation, BMO, has alleged that a former civilian president was conspiring with some ’eminent persons’, to instigate an uprising and force president Muhammadu Buhari to resign.
The allegation is contained in a statement jointly signed by its chairman and secretary, Niyi Akinsiju and Cassidy Madueke and made available to newsmen on Sunday.
Describing the alleged move as unconstitutional, reckless and anti-Nigeria, BMO warned the alleged former president, (whose name it failed to disclose) and his co-travellers to save the country from avoidable constitutional crisis and civil unrest.
“Our highly reliable security sources have informed us of the determination of the former President to go ahead with a plan to cause disaffection in the country through a planned conference of so-called eminent Nigerians. While the Conference ostensibly aims to review the state of the nation, we can authoritatively confirm that it is actually a premeditated plan to create confusion in the polity by calling President Buhari to resign after a supposed vote of no confidence.
“Our Security sources said the worries over this latest move by the former leader is not so much about the illegality of the planned declaration but the anarchical mindset behind it, especially given the growing resurgence of military putsch in the West African sub-region. Any appearance of national confusion, even if scripted without any basis, could fuel unreasoned confusion.
“We, therefore, call on Nigerians to be wary of manoeuvres by people who are desperate to erode the foundation of our hard-fought democracy to further the agenda of a desperate, bumptious and self-serving group of elites besotted with power to the point that they are ready to throw the country into a contrived pandemonium to remain relevant,” the statement reads.
