Anti-Saraki Forces Mobilise Ex-Student Leaders for Protest March
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.
Kwara State Government Ahmed Shuaib Buranga Illyasu Abdullahi Ubandoma Of Ilorin Oluranti Idowu Students Union Government Bola Tinubu Moses Afolayan Standard Organization Of Nigeria Gbenga Adebayo Sheikh Alimi Saka Adeyemo Elelu LAK Jimoh Jumoke Gafar Surajudeen Akanbi Saudat Abdulbaqi Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate Council Of The Wise Ilorin Amusement Park Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman Bashiru Makama Isin Toun Okewale-Sonaiya Eghe Igbinehi Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi Iliasu Ileloke Kwara State Internal Revenue Service Umar Ahmed Gunu Shero John Obuh KSIRS Garba Idris Ajia Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo Ayegbeni Undergraduate Bursary New Naira Notes Dan Iya Amosa Jimba Babatunde Abdulbaqi Jimoh Moses Salami Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement Curfew Kwara Restoration Project Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara REO CAKES Kumbi Titilope TETFUND Kulende Salihu Ajia Ndakene Magaji Are Idowu Aremu Abdulmutalib Shittu Ubandoma Igbomina Hikmah AbdulKareem Bashirat Bola Bello Academic Staff Union Of Universities Razaq Atunwa Titus Ashaolu Tsado Manman Joseph Daudu Ekweremadu Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye Bibire Ajape Sheriff Shagaya Shuaib Olarongbe Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed Local Government Tanke Road Guber Aspirant

