Nigerians’ll resist any attempt to remove Buhari — APC Govs

 

GOVERNORS of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, warned that Nigerians will resist any attempt to remove President Muhammadu Buhari from office.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/nigeriansll-resist-attempt-remove-buhari-apc-govs/

GOVERNORS of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, warned that Nigerians will resist any attempt to remove President Muhammadu Buhari from office.

BUHARI MEETS APC GOVS/GOVS-ELECT—Front row from left: Govs Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarawa); AbdulFattah Ahmed (Kwara); Abdullahi Umaru Ganduje (Kano); National Chairman APC; Chief John Odigie Oyegun; Vice President-elect, Prof Yemi Osinbajo; President-Elect; Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; Gov. Rochas Okorocha (Imo); Speaker and Sokoto Governor Elect, Aminu Tambuwal; Kebbi Governor-Elect Senator Abubakar Bagaudu Atiku and Deputy Governor-Elect, Ngeri. Back row: Governor Kashim Shettima (Borno); Muhammad Bundow Jubrilla (Adamawa); Kaduna State Governor-Elect, Nasir El-Rufai; Governor Rauf Aregbesola (Osun); Governor Mohammad Abubakar (Bauchi); Plateau State Governor-Elect, Simon Lalong and former Governor of Ekiti State Dr. Kayode Fayemi when the President-Elect met APC governors and governors-elect, yesterday in Abuja to kick-start the new government as May 29 hand-over date approaches. File Photo

The governors, under the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum, spoke on a day an attempted coup in Turkey claimed 161 lives. Another 1,440 were injured in the Turkey incident while 2,839 suspected coup plotters were arrested. Last week, there had been reports of threat by the Senate to impeach Buhari. The threat came amid the face-off between the Presidency and the Senate following the decision of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to charge Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and two others for alleged forgery of the 2015 Standing Order of the Senate that was used to elect them. Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State spoke on behalf of the APC Governors Forum, yesterday, at the flag-off of the campaign of the candidate of the party in the September 10 governorship election in the state, Mr Godwin Obaseki, saying the peoples power is behind Buhari. “We know that corruption will fight back and it is fighting back. And that is why we went for a tested army general to lead the corruption fight. They will fight back but they will be crushed. We reaffirm our confidence in the President, we don’t want any impeachment, we stand for democracy. The coup was resisted in Turkey, that is how Nigerians will resist any attempt to impeach the President”, Oshiomhole said. “The anti-corruption war must go on, Nigeria’s economy will be repositioned and the people will be witnesses to prosperity. Peace is already returning to the North East. It will return to the Niger Delta and Nigeria will be prosperous again”. Meanwhile, over two thousand members of the PDP in Edo, led by a veteran politician and one of the founding fathers of the PDP in the state, Chief Samson Esemuede, defected to the APC at the occasion, declaring their support for the candidate of the APC, Obaseki. National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who handed over, to Obaseki and his running mate, Philip Shuaibu, the APC flags, described Obaseki as a hardworking and focused young man “who will make us proud after Oshiomhole”. The Director General of the Obaseki Campaign Organization, Osarodion Ogie, in his speech, said Obaseki is “a good product for Edo people and that is why Edo people are behind him”. The flag-off ceremony was colourful as the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, venue of the event, was filled to capacity while about 12 governors of the APC were led by the Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum and governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. Prior to the event, the APC governors had held a meeting where they urged Nigerians to continue to support Buhari just as they expressed optimism that the current hardship being witnessed by Nigerians would soon be a thing of the past. Okorocha, who read a communique to journalists issued after the meeting, also said the Forum had resolved to “solidly back Obaseki because Edo is APC and we must retain it for our party”. Oshiomhole, who addressed the crowd at the campaign flag-off, vowed to ensure that Obaseki emerges the next governor of Edo. He said: “The President is doing a fine job and, for the first time, we are seeing a President calling on senior military officers to account, calling on governors to account. Now we are hearing people talking about impeachment. Just a few hours ago, we heard about the coup in Turkey. Nigerian people unconditionally have resolved to support President Buhari”. Oshiomhole recalled his achievements in the past seven and a half years and challenged the candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming Edo election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to walk the streets of Benin with his former boss, Lucky Igbinedion, and see “how many stones they will collect”. He said the PDP underdeveloped Edo for ten years and therefore deserves no sympathy from the people. The governor used the opportunity to react to the allegation by the PDP that he denied it the use of the stadium during the flag off of its governorship campaign, explaining: “I don’t want to be joined in their illegality since a Federal High Court had earlier declared that Modu Sheriff was the authentic Chairman of the PDP. And Ize-Iyamu and his fathers belong to the Makarfi-led faction. So, based on that, I decided to obey the court order”. He urged the EFCC to prosecute Ize-Iyamu over the N700million campaign fund he allegedly received on behalf of Edo PDP. On his part, Obaseki promised to create 200,000 jobs in Edo in his first four years through agriculture and entrepreneurship while attracting investors to the state. “In the face of the new economic challenge we face, we need leadership with fresh and original ideas to take on these new challenges, so that we can build on and deepen the successes of the current administration”, the APC candidate said. “There is only one course of action – we must be courageous and determined. We must build on and extend the successes of the current administration to achieve the aspirations of Edo people. I stand before you today on the giant shoulders of the success of the Comrade Governor. “Over the last seven and a half years, we have transformed Edo and achieved