While
speaking during a press conference in Lagos, the Convener, Save Nigeria
Group, Tunde Bakare, opened up against any attempt by the military to
usurp power in Nigeria.
Buhari and Bakare
The Founder of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has
warned against any military take-over of government, vowing to lead a
nationwide protest against any such act.
Bakare who was the vice presidential candidate to Muhammadu Buhari
in 2011 under the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) campaign
of that year, also warned Nigerians to stop engaging in speculation
over President Muhammadu Buhari’s health.
“We don’t want the military to return to power. I have said I
will not participate in any protest again, but if the military dares
return, I will personally mobilise all the forces in this country to hit
the streets and protest. It is not a threat but a promise.”
“The notion that the Nigerian nation is non-negotiable will
remain contested through agitations, until we summon enough courage to
put it to the test, and prove, through the outcome, that we are indeed
prepared to become a truly united nation.”
Bakare also supported the call by some sections of Nigerians calling for restructuring of the country.
He said, “The hues and cries for restructuring in our nation
appear not to have been well received by this present government. The
inquisitive may ask: Why must we restructure? We must restructure to
correct the flaws in our federal system.
“A federated state is defined as a territorial and
constitutional community forming part of a federal union. In a true
federal system, previously sovereign states agree to confer their
individual sovereignties on a central government.
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