Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu
The Presidency has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of planning a protest for the removal of service chiefs over poor security on the country.
According to the Presidency, the protest is an effort is to embarrass President Muhammadu Buhari.
This was disclosed in a statement by the senior special adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said.
According to the statement, “The Presidency wishes to caution a section of the political class against misleading the public and inciting protests against the heads of military institutions”.
“This has become necessary in view of received reports that about two thousand men and women have been hired to demonstrate against Nigeria’s service chiefs on Monday,”.
Shehu added that “this imminent gathering is the latest in a series of demonstrations orchestrated by the opposition to embarrass the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.”
He added that PDP had earlier commenced a march 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.”
