DSS Alert: I’ve Been Vested With Mandate By Nigerians Till 2023 – Buhari  Says

BY SEGUN ADEBAYO, ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday vowed that, haven been vested with mandate and authority by Nigerians till 2023, he will keep the country together, even if some unruly feathers would be ruffled in the process.

Buhari also said that Nigerians have opted for democratic rule, stressing that the only accepted way to change a democratically elected government is through elections, which hold at prescribed times in the country.

He said that any other way is patently illegal, and even treasonable, adding that of course, such would attract the necessary consequences.

These were contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina while reacting to the Sunday alert issued by the Department of State Services on the alleged sinister moves by “misguided elements” to wreak havoc on the government, sovereignty and corporate existence of the country.

He further said that the sinister moves is be championed by some disgruntled religious and past political leaders, adding that the intention is to eventually throw the country into a tailspin, which would compel a forceful and undemocratic change of leadership.

According to Buhari; “Further unimpeachable evidence shows that these disruptive elements are now recruiting the leadership of some ethnic groups and politicians round the country, with the intention of convening some sort of conference, where a vote of no confidence would be passed on the President, thus throwing the land into further turmoil.

“The caterwauling, in recent times, by these elements, is to prepare the grounds adequately for their ignoble intentions, which are designed to cause further grief for the country.

“The agent provocateurs hope to achieve through artifice and sleight of hands, what they failed to do through the ballot box in the 2019 elections.

“These discredited individuals and groups are also in cahoots with external forces to cause maximum damage in their own country,” he said.