Should he fail to adopt one of these options during the three-week time frame, the group said it would go to court to seek an order of mandamus to compel the Federal Executive Council to set up a committee to appraise the health of President Buhari and subsequently declare him incapable of performing his duties as President.
President Muhammadu Buhari must return to Nigeria and resume duty as President within 21 days from today, or resign completely and return to his hometown of Daura to take care of his health, the #ResumeOrResign movement said on Wednesday.
Should he fail to adopt one of these options during the three-week time frame, the group said it would go to court to seek an order of mandamus to compel the Federal Executive Council to set up a committee to appraise the health of President Buhari and subsequently declare him incapable of performing his duties as President.
The ultimatum is contained in a press statement #ResumeOrResign issued to announce suspension of its daily sit outs and peaceful processions in various parts of Abuja, citing a spate of violent attacks by officers of the Nigerian Police Force and then by people it called “paid hoodlums”.
“This suspension is to enable us restrategize on ways to make our processions less open to such violent attacks and to better ensure the safety and security of all our members and other participants at our sit outs and peaceful processions,” it said.
It further announced that during this time, it will hold its sit out at the Freedom Park, Ojota between 9-10a.m each day. A vigil will also be held in front of the Abuja House in London on Friday, August 18, commencing at 1700hrs.
Members of the public and the media are invited to all of the events “to lend their voices to the demand for full disclosure regarding the health of President Muhammadu Buhari,” #ResumeOrResign said.
The statement was signed by Charles Oputa (Leader, #ResumeOrResign Movement), for Our Mumu Don Do Movement; Deji Adeyanju, (Co-Convener, #ResumeOrResign, for Concerned Nigerians; and Ariyo-Dare Atoye, Co-Convener, #ResumeOrResign, for Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution (CDNDC).
Observers point out that the ultimatum of #ResumeOrResign will expire on September 6, just one week before the 72nd United Nations General Assembly opens in New York.
President Buhari is scheduled to speak in the General Debate, which commences on September 19.
“This could mean that what plays out next will do so in full view of the world,” an analyst said in New York today.
