The Senate on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari had not violated any law by not returning from medical vacation after 90 days.

The Senate made this known in a statement by its spokesman, Dr Aliyu Abdullahi, in Abuja.

It was reacting to protests by a coalition of civil society organizations, operating under the aegis of “OurMumuDonDo”, demanding the resignation of the president over his long medical vacation in London.

It urged the protesters to stop heating up the polity, saying that it was creating unnecessary tension in the country.

The upper chamber said that the protest was an attempt to divert the attention of the Presidency from the economic and security issues, which were already being tackled.

It explained that Buhari had complied with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution, which stipulated that he must handover to the Vice President and duly inform the two chambers of the legislature about his medical vacation.

“The president has broken no law and therefore we do not see any justification for this diversion and noise-making.

”The sponsors are merely seeking cheap publicity at the expense of the peace of Nigeria.

”We, in the National Assembly, are satisfied that there is no vacuum. The Federal Government is working.

“Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is providing the required leadership. So, there is no reason for the protests.

”All Nigerians now should focus on praying for the safe return of the President.

‘We in the Senate are happy about the report by the governors and party leaders, who recently visited President Buhari in London and we know he will soon return to continue to provide leadership to our people and the rest of Africa.

”We therefore call on the protesters to stop all these demonstrations and let their sense of patriotism overshadow the zeal for activism by joining other Nigerians to pray for the president.

“We should also pray for the acting president and Nigeria as a country at this critical period,’’ it stated. (NAN)

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/resignation-president-has-not-violated-the-law--senate/209134.html

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Cc lalasticlala, mynd44

Can you imagine?

Nigeria is fast becoming a laughing stock among comity of nations...

Considering the mockery on our absentee president featured on CNN a fortnight ago..

Let those fools keep fooling themselves, I see no reason wt they alien it with Ya'dua own. The question is does Ya'dua handed over to GEJ? Absolutely he doesn't. Am not Buhari loyalist but with need to be sincere with our mindset before spliting out what's in our mind to the public.


No doubt, Osinbajo has been performing wonderfully.


I just dey pity this Mumu Old Man called Charley Boy.

ajepako:
Can you imagine?

Nigeria is fast becoming a laughing stock among comity of nations...

Considering the mockery on our absentee president featured on CNN a fortnight ago..

You have no point sister.

Aromas:
Let those fools keep fooling themselves, I see no reason wt they alien it with Ya'dua own. The question is does Ya'dua handed over to GEJ? Absolutely he doesn't. Am not Buhari loyalist but with need to be sincere with our mindset before spliting out what's in our mind to the public.


No doubt, Osinbajo has been performing wonderfully.


I just dey pity this Mumu Old Man called Charley Boy.

People like you are the reason Nigeria may never get it right

This nonsense can only happen in the Zoo!






Proud Biafran citizen.

Kondomatic:
People like you are the reason Nigeria may never get it right

Get it right in terms of?
Is it good leadership or on what aspect?

Aromas:


Get it right in terms of?
Is it good leadership or on what aspect?

In all angles. The president disappeared and nobody knows his whereabouts. Nobody knows what is wrong with him. Nobody knows how much he spends and people have been wasting tax payers money to go and see him and all.

These are tax payers money that they're wasting so yet the tax payers do not know what they deserve to know.

He has not broken any Nigerian law but how about moral law?

Kondomatic:
In all angles. The president disappeared and nobody knows his whereabouts. Nobody knows what is wrong with him. Nobody knows how much he spends and people have been wasting tax payers money to go and see him and all.

These are tax payers money that they're wasting so yet the tax payers do not know what they deserve to know.

He has not broken any Nigerian law but how about moral law?

My brother of all you have mentioned do we have moral law in our constitution? Individual should showcase his or he high sense of morality in the society and whoever choose to show the other side which is stupidity, no law we apprend such citizens.