MURIC CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF SOLDIERS FROM TINUBU’S HOUSE

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the presence of Soldiers, parading the main gate of the national leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The Director of the group, Professor Ishaq Akintola, who said this today, in a Statement made available to Newsdeskng, noted that the soldiers allegedly became a permanent feature close to the entrance of the gate to Tinubu’s house along Bourdillon Road in Ikoyi.

According to the statement, MURIC denounced the misuse of Soldiers by the Presidency and
demanded the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of those soldiers.

The release further stated that MURIC strongly suspects that the Presidency holds Tinubu responsible for debilitating its political empire. The same Tinubu also singlehandedly masterminded the takeover of the South West from PDP during the 2007 general elections. But he allegedly gave President Jonathan the same region in the 2011 presidential election after an alleged yet deceitful secret accord which he has refused to renew this time around. Is the siege on his home an attempt to cow him into entering into a similar secret accord in the 2015 polls? Or is it just for President Jonathan’s pound of flesh?

They called on foreign embassies in Nigeria to keenly watch the unfolding spectacle. We also draw the attention of the international community, particularly the African Union and Nigeria’s immediate neighbours in West Africa to the dangerous game of using soldiers to silence the opposition.

The Rights Group therefore, charged Nigerians to remain vigilant, resolute but peaceful and
law-abiding.