Shut down senate now – Buhari Support Organization charges Nigerians

• The Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) Enugu State chapter, on Sunday slammed the Nigerian Senate over what it descried as its attempt to cripple the country’s democratic process.

• The group, therefore, warned
• that if Nigerians failed to shutdown the Senate, “the Senate as currently constituted will not only shut down the strident anti-graft war being waged by President Muhammadu Buhari, but also our fledgling democracy.”
• The BSO’s declaration came as a reaction to the speech made by Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy Senate President at the opening ceremony of the 28th Enugu State International Trade Fair at the weekend.
• In the speech, Ekweremadu, who represented the Senate at
• the event had lamented that: “Sadly, our SME’s potentials are grossly
• underutilized and underdeveloped. 
• They are stifled by a wide range of
• challenges, such as access to finance, poor infrastructure, lack of
• access to market, multiple taxation, inconsistencies in government
• policies and official corruption, which have slowed down their very
• roles in our economic resuscitation.”
• Reacting in a statement on Sunday, BSO through Mr. Eze Chibueze, its
• Publicity Secretary, described the statement made by Ekweremadu as
• contradictory to the position taken by the same Senate he represented
• at the Trade Fair, especially on the confirmation of Ibrahim Magu, the
• Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
• Chibueze further stated that: “We are, therefore, outraged that the same Senate in one breadth admitted that official corruption is the bane of our
• economic prosperity and indeed is the bane of our collective
• development, whilst on the other breadth is viciously waging
• unpatriotic offensive against President Buhari’s war against pervasive
• corruption in our land. Who kills his war commander?
• “Otherwise, how come the Senate couldn’t trust the sound judgment of
• the C-in-C, who after perusing the Department of State Security
• (DSS)’s report refereed to him in December 2016, dismissed it and sent
• back Ibrahim  Magu’s name for the second time for confirmation? To us,
• it is corruption fighting back.
• “We are in league with majority of patriotic Nigerians and foreign
• friends of our dear country who believe that Ibrahim Magu is doing a
• fantastic job, which in the first place made Mr President to nominate
• him. Accordingly, we call on Mr President not to succumb to arrant
• blackmail and propaganda being mounted by looters.‎”
• “It’s our considered view that Magu’s recent exposure of the Paris
• Fund scam, in which the Senate President and some governors were
• allegedly fingered, the petition against the Deputy Senate President
• on his table and sundry corruption charges against high number of
• senators which incensed the rogue senators. Hence Crucify Magu!
• Crucify Magu! Crucify Magu!
• “Is it not the height of cruelty for any sane person to tamper with
• the Paris Club refund funds, which was recovered since 2005 and no
• president thought it wise to return the funds to the people since
• 2006, 20007, 2008 and up till 2017 when our dear President Muhammadu
• Buhari directed that the funds be returned to the States for salary
• and pension arrears?
• “We are, therefore, appalled that the name of Senator Bukola Saraki and
• cohorts have featured again in their custom to circumvent the funds
• meant for masses”, Chibueze said.
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• He added that “In the sordid cross-road where Nigerians are precariously placed on cliffhanger – the BSO had no valid option but to mobilise patriotic
• Nigerians for a two million march to the National Assembly to SHUT
• DOWN THE SENATE and drum support for the anti-corruption of war of Mr. President.
• “To this end, we challenge our dear compatriots to wake up and
• accordingly call on compatriots to join us in this crusade. For when again shall we have an anti-graft president like Buhari?
• “In sum, BSO members resolve to resist any attempt to truncate
• President Buhari’s anti-corruption war which bar has been raised and
• which has received commendation from international transparency
• agencies, the United States of America, United Kingdom and prominent Africans, including revered former Ghanaian President, Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings.”