If reports by The Whistle are anything to go by, then about N500m may have gone into the planned protest tagged #OccupyNASS against the National Assembly under the leadership by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki tomorrow, Tuesday, 26th of April, 2016.

According to the protest led by the Citizens United for Peace and Stability (CUPS ) Nigeria, about 50,000 Nigerians from across the country are expected to occupy “the National Assembly to reclaim Nigeria from the criminal Mafia cabal run by Bukola Saraki.”

The Whistle reports that a phone conversation between two of the major organizers of the protest revealed that the key principal actors behind the protests are former Lagos governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

Nasir El-rufai was said to have mobilized resources from some of his cooperating colleagues in the North West and have agreed to take responsibility for the welfare and logistics of about 3000 protesters who will converge in Abuja for the planned protest.

The organizer revealed that a handful number of protesters arrived Abuja yesterday from Lagos had been well “taken care of” by a political aide to the former Lagos governor.

The organizer estimated that a total of N500m will have gone down into this operation based on the budget estimates sent to the key stakeholders.

The organizer said that the monies were not paid into the organization’s account. According to the organizer, CUPS started a fundraising campaign using the internet to create a false impression that the protest was citizen sponsored but has only succeeded in raising just over one million Naira only which he said was for the feeding of just about 1000 people.

The organizer who is obviously distraught that the other party is concealing information on some of the support received from some other unnamed parties and the distribution reminded our reporter that the interests of both El-Rufai an Tinubu on the Saraki issue is long standing.

He said that the CCT Chairman, Justice Danladi Umar was El-Rufai’s boy on the account of working under the Kaduna state governor during his stint as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. He reportedly told The Whistle to recall that the prosecution lawyer in the case, Mr Rotimi Jacobs SAN, openly said in court that Governor El-Rufai provided all evidence that will be used against Saraki.

The Senate President, Mr Bukola Saraki in a letter released on Saturday, April 23, listed Tinubu as one of the kingpins behind his ordeal .

He noted that this was as a result of his vehement opposition and resistance to the idea of a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket by his party the APC being sponsored with Tinubu scheming to become the vice presidential candidate.

Saraki also allegedly suggested that his ascendancy to the Senate President position against Tinubu’s scheming has bruised the ego of the acclaimed political grandmaster.

The embattled Saraki who was is currently being tried by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for allegation of false declaration of assets.

Only recently, an investigation by Premium Times suggested that the embattled Senate President transferred a total of $3.47 million in 40 installments in four years with his credit card to the United States (US).

He carried out the transactions through Guarantee Trust Bank between 2009, when he served as Kwara state governor, and 2012 when he served as the senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, the report revealed.

Meanwhile there has been debates over who will step into Saraki’s shoes, if eventually he gets kicked out following the verdict of the CCT. In a latest development, Breaking Times have reported that about 10 senators who are members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have concluded a deal with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to support its candidate for the Senate Presidency if Senator Bukola Saraki is forced to resign at the end of his on-going CCT trial.

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KissCODE:
Too bad? Yes too bad...

It is bad that a nation like nigeria is wasting money sponsoring nonsense protest.

Fulani herds men are running down communities killing innocent nigerians, federal government is silent and nobody is protesting.

Fuel has become a highly scarse commodity in an oil producing country...nigeria. Yet no one is protesting.

No light, small generators banned... Yet no one is protesting.

Things going from worst to worst... yet no one is protesting.

but for SARAKI TO GO... #500MILLION NAIRA AND MORE WOULD BE SPENT...

I dey watch una shaa!!!

KissCODE:
Too bad? Yes too bad...

It is bad that a nation like nigeria is wasting money sponsoring nonsense protest.

Fulani herds men are running down communities killing innocent nigerians, federal government is silent and nobody is protesting.

Fuel has become a highly scarse commodity in an oil producing country...nigeria. Yet no one is protesting.

No light, small generators banned... Yet no one is protesting.

Things going from worst to worst... yet no one is protesting.

but for SARAKI TO GO... #500MILLION NAIRA AND MORE WOULD BE SPENT...

I dey watch una shaa!!!

divinehand2003:
Nigeria is a huge joke filled with annoyingly childish politicians as leaders.

ki02020:


How sure are you that it actually true

KissCODE:
have u seen that occupy nass was not a rumour.