There Is Up-rising Of Antagonist Plots By Anti-government Elements Against Buhari__Nigeria Presidency Claims
The presidency has yet again raised worry over an alleged “smear campaign” against President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a press release made available on Friday January 29, by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, entitled "UNRELENTING PLOT TO WAGE SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST PRESIDENT BUHARI", it noted that there is a plan to depict Buhari as pandering to ethnic and other primordial tendencies, as against his pledge to belong to all Nigerians.
The fresh alarm is Adesina’s second in about one month having issued a similar statement last year December in which he claimed that there was a plot to dent the repute of the President and portray him as not being in charge of government affairs.
The Statement also claimed reliable security findings has shown that those brewing the new plot have procured online blogs and newspapers, to kick start coordinated publications, alleging oppression and suppression of a particular religion and ethnic groups.
According to him, "There is compelling reason to alert the nation of another orchestrated smear campaign against President Muhammadu Buhari, using some online newspapers and blogs.
"The campaign, scheduled to be launched anytime soon through editorials and purported special investigative stories, is designed to further exacerbate tension in the land, by portraying the President as pandering to ethnic and other primordial tendencies, contrary to his pledge to belong to all Nigerians.
"Impeccable security findings indicate that those behind the plot have procured online blogs and newspapers, which are to launch coordinated publications, alleging subjugation and suppression of a particular religion and ethnic groups.
A specific medium has so far contacted some opinion leaders, especially those very critical of President Buhari.
"Part of the planned publication is to make unwary readers believe that the President has continually used the powers of his office to shield and protect an ethnic group against crimes of murder, kidnappings, rape and banditry in the southern, middle belt and some northern states.
"The publication will also refer Nigerians to a 58-page document, which chronicles purported atrocities of the ethnic group in the South since 2017, all of which it claims the Presidency has turned blind eyes to.
"Again, the hatchet job will allege that the President has continued to place members of his ethnic nationality in sensitive positions, so as to confer undue advantage on them. This allegation is by no means supported with reasonable facts and figures.
"Just on Thursday, President Buhari, while meeting with the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), led by Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, restated his even-handedness on the issues of ethnicity and religion. Said the President:
“The Federal Government under my leadership does not, and will not, allow religious prejudice or partisanship to influence any of its decisions and policies. It is my solemn decision to be fair and just to all segments of society.”
”Those who are bent on stoking ethnic and religious unrest in the country remain deaf to reason, and impervious to reality. They are hell-bent on distorting reality, and Nigerians are urged to be wary of them. It is all about quest for power, and filthy lucre."__Femi Adesina
Reviewed by Okenwa Chinedu
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January 29, 2021
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