Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Kaduna State governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and other prominent politicians have been accused of planning to overthrow President Bola Tinubu.
The allegation was made by a group known as Joint Action on Democracy (JAD).
According to JAD, these politicians are aggrieved because President Tinubu has initiated reforms that are already showing positive results. The group believes that this has made the politicians realize they have no chance of winning the next general elections, even if they work together.
JAD specifically mentioned that Atiku, El-Rufai, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, and Abubakar Malami are involved in this alleged plot.
The group warned that these politicians should be held accountable for any harm they cause to the country.
“We have also seen in the past how the likes of Atiku and Obi incited public sentiments against the government, something they will continue to do irrespective of who occupies the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We are further concerned that given utterances from the recent meeting at which these people alluded to a ‘weak government’, desperate attempts to cobble together an alliance that is doomed to fail, and baseless attacks on the government, this collection of politicians are up to mischief that could undermine Nigeria’s democracy,” the statement added.
The group also criticized Tambuwal’s role in the rise of banditry during his time as Sokoto State governor. Similarly, they condemned El-Rufai’s alleged payment of millions of naira to herders, which they believe contributed to the emergence of kidnap for ransom and banditry in the country.
JAD accused the opposition politicians of planning to replicate a failed state scenario on a national scale.
The group called on the authorities to place these politicians, particularly El-Rufai, on a watchlist to prevent any attempt to destabilize the country.
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