Buhari, APC celebrating stolen mandate – Timi Frank

A Political activist and former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari and his party – the All Progressives Congress (APC) – not to celebrate “a stolen mandate.”

Frank, in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, said that majority of real voters never gave their mandate to the APC’s presidential candidate during the last election, adding that “until the Supreme Court decides the true winner between Buhari and the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the inauguration of Buhari for a second term in office remains illegal.”

According to the political activist, May 29 would have been a day of joy but Nigerians are mourning because of a government that has forced its on them, “however, we remain hopeful that the judiciary would restore our stolen mandate.”

While assessing the last four years of the APC’s government under Buhari, Frank said: “most Nigerians who brought him to power in 2015 are now regretting doing so in the first place.

“Despite all the heavy propaganda his government has embarked on, the promise to end insurgency is still a mirage. Under your administration, not only that Boko Haram insurgents are still active, kidnapping and banditry that were no threat, have compounded the country’s woes.

“The so-called anti-corruption war of your government in the last four years only succeeded in victimising Nigerians in the opposition.

“On the economic front, this administration is notorious for amassing loans. Unemployment is at record breaking levels, while small and big businesses have collapsed without any remedy even as corruption at the state level has been subsidized on several occasions in the name of bailouts and Paris Club refunds.”

He urged Nigerians not to lose hope, saying if the “Next Level” plan of the APC’s government was allowed to stand, the country might have been damaged beyond recognition when Buhari finishes.

He also called on religious leaders, traditional rulers and all patriots to continue to pray and speak out against injustice in the society, assuring that through legal means, Atiku Abubakar’s stolen mandate would be retrieved in due course.