Buhari Support Group (BSF) has advised Nigeria’s president to call Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state, to order, otherwise, his reputation will be tarnished.
Buhari Support Group criticized Sylva for being engaged in actions capable of destroying the office and reputation of the president.
The Cable reports that the organisation appealed to President Buhari in a statement issued on Sunday, January 3, by its leader, Ebiowei Tarabina.
The group criticized Sylva for being engaged in actions capable of destroying the office and reputation of Buhari, including using the president’s name to intimidate the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“We ask President Buhari to prevail on Sylva to immediately stop using his name to promote his ambition in fraudulent ways since he does not have the permission of the president to do so,” the group noted.
According to BSF, the APC governorship candidate is using Buhari’s name in a manner similar to name-dropping to put pressure on such institutions as the INEC, the military and the police.
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Buhari’s followers and key supporters stressed that they want to save the president’s reputation as they feel highly embarras$ed to see the flagrant dropping of his name by Sylva.
“We condemn Sylva’s behaviour because it amounts to fraud and a complete disservice to the office and reputation of Mr. President.
“Unknown to Mr. President, his name is being fraudulently used and so flagrantly to trick officials of various federal institutions like the army, police and INEC to undertake and embark on illegal duties regarding the supplementary election in Southern Ijaw slated for January 9. Sylva must stop this fraud forthwith, the president must necessarily call him to order for sanity,” the group stressed.
BSF called on the president to take measures and to show to the world that he has no preferred candidate in Bayelsa state.
“Since a nation is as strong as its institutions, efforts must be made to keep them above board at all times. It is important to allow the will of the people prevail at the rerun election by ensuring that the process is free, fair and credible.
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“The sort of abuses to which Sylva has subjected federal institutions ahead of the supplementary election, particularly the military and the police, are inordinate and reprehensible.
“We therefore call on our beloved president to publicly take a stand to show to the world that he has no preferred candidate in the Bayelsa election and no one authorized to use his name to fraudulently advance any political ambition or undeservedly advance their electoral value.”
Meanwhile, the INEC is set to commence deploying sensitive materials for the rescheduled gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state.
The INEC also put the inter-agency committee on election security on alert in view of the contentious nature of the election in Southern Ijaw local government area.
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