By Ezrel Tabiowo Abuja
Amidst recent resignation calls by several groups on President Muhammadu Buhari currently on medical vacation in the United Kingdom , the Senate, yesterday, warned protesters, saying the President hasn’t violated any law, as such there was no need for him to resign. It also cautioned protesters, particularly those under the aegis of #OurMumuDonDo, led popular artiste, Charley Boy, to stop heating up the polity with their unreasonable demands. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate said the protesters were only creating unnecessary tension in the country and seeking to divert the attention of the Presidency from the economic and security issues which were being tackled with vigour.
Th e Senate noted that President Buhari had complied with the provisions of the nation’s grand norm, the Constitution, which stipulated that he must handover to the Vice President and duly inform the two chambers of the legislature about his medical vacation. It read in part: “Th e President has broken no law and therefore, we do not see any justifi cation for this diversion and noise making.
Th e sponsors are merely seeking cheap publicity at the expense of the peace of Nigeria. “We, in the National Assembly, are satisfi ed that there is no vacuum. Th e federal government is working. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is providing the required leadership. So, there is no reason for the protests. “All Nigerians now should focus on praying for the safe return of the President. We in the Senate are happy about the report by the governors and party leaders who recently visited President Buhari in London and we know he will soon return to continue to provide leadership to our people and the rest of Africa.
“We, therefore, call on the protesters to stop all these demonstrations and let their sense of patriotism overshadow the zeal for activism by joining other Nigerians to pray for the President, the acting President and Nigeria as a country at this critical period.”
