{"id":59103,"date":"2017-08-07T21:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T20:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59103"},"modified":"2017-08-07T21:00:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T20:00:21","slug":"resume-resign-protest-protesters-defy-rain-say-enough-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/resume-resign-protest-protesters-defy-rain-say-enough-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"#Resume or Resign Protest: Protesters Defy Rain, Say Enough Is Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian protesters demanded\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_505610164\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Monday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0that President Muhammadu Buhari,<br \/>\nreceiving treatment in London for an undisclosed ailment for more than<br \/>\nthree months, either return or resign.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari left for the British capital on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_505610165\"><span class=\"aQJ\">May 7<\/span><\/span>\u00a0on what is his latest medical<br \/>\ntrip, appointing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to act on his behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of protesters marched in heavy rain to the presidential villa in<br \/>\nAbuja with banners urging that the 74-year-old retired general, who headed<br \/>\na military regime in the 1980s, return.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Resume or resign, Nigerians say enough is enough,&#8221; one said, with others<br \/>\nstating: &#8220;If president Buhari cannot return to Nigeria after 90 days, then<br \/>\nhe should resign and go home&#8221;, and &#8220;Buhari, where are you? Nigerians want<br \/>\nfull disclosure. What is wrong with our president?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The peaceful march was organised by a coalition of civil society groups<br \/>\nunder the supervision of security agents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are here today because the president of Nigeria has absconded from<br \/>\nduty,&#8221; said Deji Adeyanju, one of the organisers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has not only absconded, he has continued to lie to us. This year alone<br \/>\nthe president has been away for 144 days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was away for 52 days in January and he has been away again today for<br \/>\n92 consecutive days. This cannot continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Buhari has been dogged by speculation about his health since June last<br \/>\nyear when he first went to London for treatment of what the presidency<br \/>\nsaid was a persistent ear infection.<\/p>\n<p>He then spent nearly two months in London in January and February and said<br \/>\non his return in early March that he had &#8220;never been so ill&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, members of the ruling party and the opposition went to see him<br \/>\nin London and even took pictures in an attempt to douse public anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>The health of Nigeria&#8217;s leaders has been a sensitive issue since the death<br \/>\nin office of president Umaru Musa Yar&#8217;Adua in 2010 after months of<br \/>\ntreatment abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari&#8217;s main opponents in the 2015 election that brought him to power<br \/>\nclaimed he had prostate cancer. 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