Charly Boy, Others Resume Anti-Buhari Protest, Demand Babachir In Handcuffs

Charles Oputa also known as Charly Boy, and his group on Tuesday resumed their anti-Buhari campaign faulting the regime’s anti-corruption fight, and insisted that suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and other top brass of the government accused of corruption be put in handcuffs.

The group had in August insisted that Buhari resumes or resigns after over a 100 days in the United Kingdom for an undisclosed illness.

The group accused the regime of shielding its top officials accused of corruption, mismanagement of public funds and outright looting of the national treasury , while those in the opposition are hounded.

Speaking to journalists during the protest, Deji Adeyanju, convener, Concerned Nigerians, said they were on the streets to ask the president pertinent questions about the seriousness and sincerity of his anti-graft war.

He said: “If President Buhari once ordered the raiding of the homes of judges suspected to be tainted with corruption and also directed the handcuffing and dragging to court of alleged corrupt members of the opposition, we demand similar treatment for the suspended SGF, Babachir Lawal and other top government officials.”

Ariyo Atoye, convener, the Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution (CDNDC), urged the Senate not to approve the $5.5bn foreign loan request made by President Buhari unless he genuine commitment to fight corruption within his own government.

“There is no basis for the $5.5bn foreign loan request, if corruption has not been fought to a standstill. “The President Buhari also needs to tell Nigerians how the loan would be repaid,” he added.

Former President of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Mahmood and the convener of Campaign for Democracy, Bako Usman, contended that if President Buhari fails to take action against allegedly corrupt members of his cabinet, he should quit office.

“You said you will fight corruption and Nigerians voted you on the basis of that promise. Quit office if you cannot prosecute your allegedly corrupt friends. It means you are also corrupt,” he said.