Resume Or Resign Protest: How Buhari’s Cabal Hired Thugs To Attack Us – Charly Boy

The coalition of civil society groups led by entertainer and activist, Charles Oputa also known as Charley Boy have accused the federal government of hiring thugs to attack their members.

The groups, on Monday, commenced a peaceful sit out protest tagged #OurMumuDonDo, in reaction to the lengthened medical trip of President Muhammadu Buhari. The protesters are asking the president to either resume or resign from office.

In a statement released today and co-signed by Charly Boy and Deji Adeyanju (the movement’s co-convener), the protesters disclosed that a group this morning “attempted to attack participants of our peaceful #ResumeOrResign sit out as we were concluding activities for the day.”

This is coming few days after the All Progressives Congress Youth Vanguard threatened to stage a counter protest against the group.

The statement said the intention was to intimidate participants in the protests to discontinue their participation, adding that the attack was foiled by security agencies.

“This attack came shortly after we had been informed by officers that policemen would be unavailable to prevent a breakdown of law and order on Saturday, August 12, 2017 because of other engagements.

“We are reliably informed that these thugs are sponsored by the Federal Government and members of the cabal that seeks to prevent us from asking for full disclosure of the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari.”

The leaders of the protests stated that they had been reliably informed “that the intention behind this attack and the plan to withdraw the police from Unity Fountain is to leave our group open to attacks. These further attacks will then be used as a foundation to issue a blanket ban on peaceful gatherings such as ours under the guise of preventing further breakdown of law and order.”

The group blamed “the antics” on a coalition that included Mr. Buhari’s aides, a cabal in the country and the security agencies, arguing that the three groups were “playing the same script.”

The statement noted: “Our group remains committed to a peaceful achievement of our target of demanding for full disclosure about the illness of President Buhari.

“We also state that we will not be provoked into resorting to violence or any such activities that will violate our core principles and ethics.

“We urge all Nigerians to be prepared for a long fight and look out for a day of global action. God punish the evil doers that put Nigeria in the precarious situation it is today!”