Yusuf Bello| The Presidency on Saturday said that “a section of the political class” are misleading the public and inciting protests against the heads of military institutions in the country.
Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, who stated this in a statement on Saturday, also disclosed that the Presidency had received reports that about 2,000 men and women have been hired to protest against the service chiefs on Monday.
Shehu also accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as being one of the sponsors of the demonstration.
He said, “A group of politicians and beneficiaries of the Boko Haram insurgency is right now paying for people to join their planned protest against our country’s service chiefs.”
“This imminent gathering is the latest in a series of demonstrations orchestrated by the opposition to embarrass the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“As part of this overall scheme, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with its belligerent politics, has been marching from one embassy to the other in protest against the Buhari administration and the nation’s highest court of justice, the Supreme Court.
“They are keen to give the impression that Nigerians are in support of them as they take to the streets, and they will go to any length to promote this false narrative.
The Presidential spokesman in the statement, claimed that those jeered the President in Bornu on Wednesday were ‘a handful’ while the President was cheered by a crowd.
According to him, the incident was part of the elaborate scheme of the opposition.
“This was clearly a hired few, but the news was promoted by the opposition who had, of course, positioned themselves to record the booing – all just to embarrass the President,” he said.
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