The International community has been called upon to pressurize President Muhammadu Buhari to keep to promise made to British Prime Minister, Theresa May, in 2018 to conduct free and fair elections as well as ensure liberty of his opponents.
The call was made in a statement signed by the President of the Concerned Nigerian Patriots For A Sustainable Future, Adebola Eze Sakir, and made available to newsmen on Sunday.
“Furthermore we call on the international community to apply all possible pressure on President Buhari to keep his promise to the British Prime Minister in August 2018 and the Nigerian people to hold “free and fair elections” which includes the liberty of his opponents to stand freely and without any form of pretences or artificial hindrances,” the statement said.
The group expressed fears that President Buhari was bent on introducing the tragic years of his military regime by arresting political opponents.
It said: “Instead we have received top information by the Buhari regime to reenact the tragic years of his military tyranny of 1983-1985 by arresting and incarcerating his perceived enemies to include leaders of the opposition, traditional rulers, members of the organized labour, journalists, social media actors and Nigerian judges,” it stressed.
It explained that the signs are crystal clear, hence the need to call on the need for international community to intervene.
It said: “The signs are crystal. A few days ago, Lai Mohammed, Information Minister, boasted that the former Vice President and the main opposition candidate in the upcoming elections Mr Atiku Abubakar will be arrested on charges bothering on alleged N156 million fraud perpetrated in the erstwhile Bank PHB in 2009. The bank has since metamorphosed into Keystone Bank.”