Reacting to the
planned protest by a coalition of civil society groups led by entertainer,
Charly Boy, and other personalities like Nollywood star, Jim Iyke. Special
Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said their
demand that President Muhammadu Buhari return to Nigeria from his medical
vacation forthwith or tender his resignation is…
Unconstitutional and
it is just a personal wish.
The group had in a release on Saturday announced their planned
protest and sustained sit-in in Abuja beginning Monday, to call for the
president’s immediate return or resignation.
But speaking on
Sunday when he appeared on Politics Today, a programme on Channels TV, Adesina
said the group’s demands would not be honoured by the president, as he had done
what was required of him by the constitution, and would only return after his
doctors certified him fit.
Adesina said, “..the president would always do what is legal and
constitutional. What they are asking for is not known to our laws.
“The president will stand by our laws at all times. He will
uphold the laws, he will protect them.”
Adesina added that
he could not state the exact time when the president would be returning to the
country but said it is in the public domain that Buhari was recuperating very
fast.
Monday will make it the 92nd day since the president had been
away from the country, having returned to London on follow-up medical trip.
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