Anti-Saraki Forces Mobilise Ex-Student Leaders for Protest March

Date: 2016-04-18

Some politicians opposed to Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki have at the weekend intensified their plots to put pressure on the former Governor of Kwara State and compelled him to resign from office.

Sources in Kaduna and Lagos disclose that the politicians after failing to get credible Civil Society Organisations and organized pressure groups to spearhead an anti-Saraki protests have now shifted focus to some ex-student union leaders who they believe can mobilise students for mass rallies and demonstrations against the Senate President.

It was gathered that the group of politicians at the weekend had a meeting with 16 ex-student union leaders where the strategy and logistics on how to successfully hold anti-Saraki rallies were discussed.

The former student union leaders were assured of adequate financial support and compensation as well as provision of other logistic support like bulletproof vests, placards and vehicles to facilitate the rallies. The protest marches were scheduled to take place in Lagos, Abuja and Kaduna simultaneously.

"They were assured that police permit and security guarantee will be provided so that the ex-students could swing into action and time the commencement of the protests to Monday when the Saraki case at the Code of Conduct Tribunal will resume.

"The student leaders were instructed to anchor their messages for demanding Saraki's exit from the Senate Presidency on many issues, including the CCT case, the Panama Papers, the delay in passage of 2016 budget and need to get the Senate to support the presidency.

"In their plan, when you load the messages, you will allow different members of the public to choose whichever message resonate with them. The plan is to bombard the Senate President and ensure that they give him a heavy push to see if he will fall", the source said.

When contacted, Saraki's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, confirmed that he has been reliably informed that after the alarm raised by his office frustrated similar efforts last week, there are new plots to create chaos and confusion in a bid to force the Senate President out of office.

"Last week we alerted members of the public about this constant plot by those who feel they can achieve through the back door what they failed to achieve on the floor of the Senate. They are merely trying to create public disorder and short-circuit the on-going judicial process. As far as we are concerned, the Senate President has not been found guilty by any competent court of law and he enjoys overwhelming support of a large majority of the Senators. To that end, he is not going to be stampeded out of office by those who sponsored candidates for the office last year and lost", Olaniyonu added.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Sidikat Akaje     Abdulmumini Jawondo     IESA     Olofa Of Offa     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Pius Abioje     Omoniyi Ayinla     Sabitiyu Grillo     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Okanlawon Taiwo     Christopher Ayeni     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Farouk Salim     Ndama Al-hassan     Timothy Akangbe     Inside Kwara     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Sanitation Exercise     Shero     Muhammadu Gobir     Ariyo     Alimi     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Ahmad Ali     Femtech     Babata     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Mufutau Olatinwo     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Saliu Alamoyo     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Imam Gambari     Ibrahim Orire     Ita-Nmo Market     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Musibau Akanji     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Omar Gambari     Yahya Mohammed     Yaru     NTA Ilorin     Turaki Of Ilorin     Ayinke Saka     Student Learning Support Helpline     Olaoye B. Felix     Amuda Musbau     Kola Olota     Ibrahim Mohammed     Minister     Bola Sagaya     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     National Broadcasting Commission     Kisira     Abdullahi Biffo     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Gabriel Fashanu     BECE     Saidu Yaro Musa     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Assayomo     Haleeman Salman     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Mohammed Yisa     Fatimat Saliu     Baba Idris     Sidikat Alaya     Oko     Ilorin Metro Park     Femi Agbaje     Makama Of Ilorin     Aliyu Muhammed     Wahab Isa     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abegunde Goke     Labaeka     Baba Issa     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Aliyu Kora Sabi     IPSAS     Gobir Organization Foundation     Muazam Nayaya     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Yinka Aluko     Erubu     Aliyu Alhassan     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Issa Baba     Kola Adesina     Pilgrims Board     Ilorin International Airport     Lukman Adeloyin     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Adesoye College     Oko Erin     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Adebara     Oko     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Mahfouz Adedimeji     AGM Professional Services     Shonga Farm Project     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Ashiru     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Imam Gambari     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Sango-UITH Road     Sodiya     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Metro Park     Abdulkarim Adisa     Firdaos Amasa     Kwara 2019     Obuh     Iyaloja-General     Col. Taiwo     Ariyo     Adegoke Bamidele     Tsaragi/Share     Kaosarah Adeyi     Olatunde Michaels     Sarkin Malamai     Oro Grammar School     Albert Ogunsola     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Eleja     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Aliyu Umar     UNILORIN Alumni     Salaudeen Oyewale     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Sarah Jubril     Suleman Abubakar     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Abiodun Oyedepo     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     John Mayokun Dada     Jebba     Elelu     Tsado Manman     Olokoba     Moro     Mufutau Olatinwo     Isiaka Yusuf     Tunji Folami     Patience Jonathan     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf