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Obasanjo’s Coalition Accuses Buhari Of Hidden Agenda On Executive Order 6
The Coalition for Nigeria Movement led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo has slammed the President Buhari led administration for imposing a travel ban on 50 Nigerians over corruption cases.
It will be recalled that on Saturday Naija News reported that Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement, said Buhari had mandated the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice to implement the Executive Order 6 in full force.
I could not give a damn that my name is on the list of 50 members of the opposition and prominent Nigerians that have been placed on a travel ban because nothing that Buhari does surprises me.I have not left Nigeria since 2008 because my passport has been with the EFCC and…1/2
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) October 14, 2018
He wrote: “To this end, a number of enforcement procedures are currently in place by which the Nigeria Immigration Service and other security agencies have placed no fewer than 50 high profile persons directly affected by EO6 on watch-list and restricted them from leaving the county pending the determination of their cases.
“Also, the financial transactions of these persons of interest are being monitored by the relevant agencies to ensure that the assets are not dissipated and such persons do not interfere with, nor howsoever corrupt the investigation and litigation processes.”
Reacting to the ban which has generated reactions, CNM in a statement by its Director, Strategic communications, Akin Osuntokun, on Sunday described the ban as a subversion of the rule of law, reminiscent of military decrees.
The CNM disclosed that the new executive order was an attempt to muzzle the opposition, adding that Buhari had been planning to use security agencies to achieve a hidden agenda.
The statement read in part, “Recall that journalists were jailed on account of a similar decree that criminalised any reporting that embarrassed his government. Against this background, what the Executive Order 6 portends is a significant step towards the creation of a police state.“It is also against this background that the personalisation of the national security architecture makes sense.
“Otherwise there would have been no need to continue to reinforce the lopsided and parochial subversion and subordination of the security agencies to a personality cult agenda, at every available opportunity.
50 high profile Nigerians are placed on a travel ban by President Muhammad Buhari.
An infringement on their fundamental human right, without directive from judiciary.
Reminds me of Trump's travel Ban.
A test of our judiciary and democracy.
Waiting to see NAMES of those on list— G-A (@MrGquest) October 13, 2018
