The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari fabricated a recent phantom coup plot in order to distract attention from his failure to deliver good governance in the country which is being criticized nationwide.
The CNG made the extraordinary claim in a statement by its spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman.
The CNG statement reads: “It is a sad commentary that government should choose a time when the verdict from every section of the country is that many things are seriously wrong with our economy, national unity and security to come up with such allegations of a planned military takeover.
“It is ridiculous that this is coming at a time when there are many abuses that ought to have been checked by this administration, but were ignored or treated with levity owing to very low levels of respect for accountability, the statement is a signal that those charged with the responsibility of governance are only concerned with the perpetuation of power.
“Rather than cooking up such pedestrian coup plot story, President Buhari ought to have reminded himself that hundreds of thousands of people in northern communities have been at the mercy of bandits, kidnappers and rustlers without any form of police protection.
“That government should
stoop as low as to contrive a coup story to cover its failure in relieving the
widespread hardships and stresses faced by the nation, amounts to an admission
of loss of capacity and political will to tackle the current challenges around
economy, insecurity and national unity.”
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