‘Security forces should step up intelligence ahead May 29’

A pro-democracy group under the umbrella of ‘The Natives’ has asked security forces in the country to step up intelligence ahead of the May 29 handover date.

The supreme leader of The Natives, Smart Edwards, in a statement on Thursday, said security agencies should be vigilant and step up their game against political saboteurs bent on truncating the nation’s democracy.

While commending security agencies and especially the Department of State Services (DSS) for recently exposing plot by some elements in the polity to stop the swearing-in of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on May 29, the pro-democracy group said democratic governance must prevail in Nigeria.

It encouraged the military and the intelligence community to remain ever-committed to civilian rule and sustain their character as professionals and defenders of Nigeria’s sovereignty, stressing that Tinubu won the February 25 poll and would be sworn in on May 29 as Nigeria’s president.

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The group also warned desperate politicians against using unsuspecting youths to rubbish all institutions of government and denigrate them to promote anarchy and acts of discountenance in the country.

The statement reads in part, “We, the Natives, are using this medium to urge the Nigerian security apparatus to step up their games against the saboteurs as the nation prepares towards the historic inauguration of the 16th President of Nigeria, another popularly elected President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“You may wish to know that pathetic political jobbers parading the nation appealing for interim national government because of their conspiracy theories and illusions on the outcome of the just concluded elections have attracted shame for themselves and their co-travelers by the dignity of our gate-keepers, worthy armed forces.”