We Will Take Over National Assembly If Buhari Doesn't Return In 18 Day

A pro - democracy group, Concerned Nigerians ,
has threatened to begin a daily sit -in at the
National Assembly if President Muhammadu
Buhari does not return in 18 days .
In a statement issued on Wednesday and
signed by Deji Adeyanju, the convener of
Concerned Nigerians , a pro -democracy group,
threatened to begin a daily sit - in at the
National Assembly if President Muhammadu
Buhari does not return in 18 days .
The group asked the National Assembly to
begin the process of removing the president .
Here’ s the group’ s statement in full ;
“ Today – July 19 th, 2017 marks 72 days of
President Muhammadu Buhari’ s absence from
his office as president of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria and from the country as a whole on
a medical vacation to the United Kingdom , ” it
said.
“ During this period , he has not made any
public appearances either in London or in
Nigeria and has only allegedly clandestinely
communicated with very few people and an
infamous voice note spoken in Hausa
language wishing Nigerians happy eid .
“ Furthermore, details of President Buhari’ s
health status have been kept away from the
generality of Nigerians while his media team
and other members of his cabinet /party make
conflicting comments regarding his health . As
at the time of this statement , no one including
members of his party as admitted by Bolaji
Abdullahi the spokesperson of his party knows
the true medical condition of the president ’ s
health .
“ We acknowledge that during this period ,
President Buhari has satisfied constitutional
requirements by transmitting letters to the
national assembly handing power over to his
vice president , Professor Yemi Osinbajo , on an
acting capacity. The acting president has not
been able to exert political will and is being
continuously subdued by the antics of the
cabal around the ailing president . The same
cabal that has kept the president away from
the country without any explanation.
“ We also recognise the failure of the
Leadership of the national assembly in
launching an investigation or setting up a
panel to look into the true status of the
President ’ s health as we believe that they
have been compromised and working with the
cabal against the Nigerian people .
“ The Leadership of the national assembly must
choose between the Nigerian people and the
cabal. 72 days is too long for a commander-
in-chief to be away from his country without
any explanation to the people that voted him.
“ If the president has become incapacitated, he
should do the honourable thing and resign.
President Buhari cannot continue to hold the
country to ransom . Nigeria must move
forward with or without him.
“ We hereby demand that the national
assembly invoke section 144 sub section 4 of
the Nigerian constitution and direct the setting
up of a medical panel in conjunction with the
acting president , Professor Yemi Osinbajo to
ascertain whether the president is
incapacitated.
“ This medical panel will be a team of five
doctors from which one of them will be the
personal physician of the president while the
other four will be appointed by the senate
president.
“ If the president is found with any infirmity
that renders him incapable of discharging his
duties , the senate president and the speaker of
the house of representatives shall officially
declare him incapable of discharging his
duties and declare his office vacant as
prescribed in subsection 2 of section 143 .
“ To this end, if the Legislature fails to act , we
will commence a daily sit -in at the national
assembly on from the 90th day of President
Buhari’ s absence from the country . ”