The All Progressives Congress, APC, Youths Renaissance has slammed elder statesman and former lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed for his recent call on Nigerians to rise up against President Muhammadu Buhari.
Junaid was recently quoted in the media as saying that Buhari should be declared incapacitated and subsequently impeached due to his health challenges.
The outspoken elder statesman, who warned the presidency to open up on the whole truth about Buhari’s health status, noted that Nigeria was too big to be micro-managing her number one citizen.
“If I am to comment on issues that concern Nigerians, I won’t shy away from telling President Buhari the home truth anywhere he is making mistakes. I criticized General Abacha as Head of State and told him some truths in private and sometimes face to face. I believe if people can challenge their friends in power, it shows they are not intimidated by the powerful.
“If Aisha Buhari can say what she said about her husband, I think the President needs to check himself and retrace his steps on some issues that concern the country. I think the question the President needs to ask himself is that after one he has taken over the reigns of power, what has changed? Is Nigeria better off than when he took over on May 29, 2015? The truth is that Nigeria is worse off today than when Buhari took over the reigns of power.
“Every Nigerian today is worse off and nothing seems to be working under this government. Some who are rich in 2015 cannot say same today due to the economic woes that Nigeria is presently experiencing and we cannot continue to close our eyes off it,” Junaid had said.
Reacting however, Collins Edwin, the National Secretary of the group in a statement forwarded to DAILY POST warned Junadi to stop making crude comments about a sitting president.
According to him, “We read with utmost shock the report credited to Dr. Junaid Muhammed asking Nigerians to rise up against the National Assembly if it fails to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari on grounds of his temporal health challenge.
“We tarried a while, thinking and hoping that the Second Republic House Member would recant the statement credited to him in the media, alleging that President Buhari has been incapacitated and can no longer discharge his duties as President of Nigeria effectively.
“Since, he has refused to do otherwise, we have no reason to doubt the authenticity of the report!
“Therefore, we have decided to respond to his jaundiced and myopic understanding of the Nigerian law and legislative framework before his baloney gains obfuscating grounds.
“As Chief purveyor of rumour, Dr. Junaid Muhammed has become synonymous with Balonga lies especially with his imaginary conspiracy theory or cabal hypothesis.
“If there is anybody Nigerians should rise up against, it should be Dr. Muhammed who is being financed by corrupt politicians to discredit our legitimate government to pave the way for his financier to ruin the country.
“Hence, we are using this medium to warn Dr. Junaid Muhammed that if he dare our President again or distract those working with him to reposition our country for greatness, we will expose his sponsors and those who are spreading unfounded rumours about the President’s health status.”
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