Ekiti CNPP - Count us out of anti-Buhari’s protests

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The Ekiti State Chapter of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties has said it will not participate in any planned protest rally by some groups against President Muhammadu Buhari and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The commission has frozen Governor Ayodele Fayose’s accounts and some of his associates after allegedly tracing N4.7bn from the Office of the National Security Adviser to them and those of two sons of a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro.

In a statement at the end of its monthly meeting, the conference expressed disgust at its inclusion among other groups mobilising to protest against the president and the EFCC.

The conference comprising 18 political parties said it would not be a party to any protest over the matter that was already before the court of competent jurisdiction.

“Apart from the question mark that will be put on the morality and credibility of the groups storming the streets to rally in support of a clear fraudulent practice unearthed by the EFCC, it will be an irresponsible contempt of the court to protest in the matter over which the governor has already submitted himself to the court of competent jurisdiction by filling a complaint against EFCC’s action at the Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti.

“By this statement, we declare that we are not a party to any rally and we warn all the groups dropping our name to desist from doing so henceforth,” the statement warned.

The conference said it stood solidly behind Buhari’s anti-corruption war and vowed never to support any group that was promoting criminal activities that have left Nigeria in ruins in the last few years.

The conference also condemned members of the House of Assembly for protesting on the highway in support of the governor.

Berating the lawmakers for living far from the social and economic realities of their constituents, the conference described as shameful the lawmakers’ action protesting against the interests of their constituencies.

“Several of them have not visited their constituencies for several months over excuses that the governor is starving them of funds.

“Now, without consulting their constituencies, they are holding a protest rally against the interest of their constituencies in favour of the same governor they routinely accuse of starving them of funds,” the conference said.

It urged Buhari and EFCC to intensify efforts in anti-corruption war, stressing that such was the only hope for the country to survive as a nation.

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