BREAKING NEWS!! Buhari’s Bodyguards Protest

Bodyguards who worked for
Muhammadu Buhari during the
campaign say the only reward they got
for their efforts was N20,000 paid to
them in January and February 2015.
– Allege that many of the key actors in
Buhari’s government, who did not
work for him, have denied them
access to him.
– The group say they deserve to be
recognised, compensated and
remunerated, considering the volume
of work and gravity of the sacrifices
they made for the president.
Bodyguards who worked for
Muhammadu Buhari in the months
leading up to the 2015 general
elections have protested against
their exclusion by those they
described as cabals in the
government.
They said about 16 months after
the 2015 presidential elections, the
only reward they got for their
efforts during the campaigns was
N20,000 paid to them in January
and February 2015.
The Punch reports that
spokesperson for the group, Badiru
Olabiyi Balogun and three other
members, Audu Odemeho, Kasim
Abdullahi Hassan and Zubairu
Idris, at a press briefing on
Thursday August 11, alleged that
“some cabals have hijacked the
president”.
They said many of the key actors in
Buhari’s government, who did not
work for him, have denied them
access to him, warning that their
marginalisation constitutes security
threat to the nation.
“Right now, we need Mr.
President to appreciate our hard
work for him. We need Mr.
President to recognise the fact
that we have lost everything
because we championed the
change agenda.
“Definitely, it is not just our
exclusion that is a security threat
to the country. Anything that
would deny any man his dues and
legitimate rights can be
concluded to mean a security
threat because when you don’t get
your dues and what is rightly due
for you, then you are opened to a
lot of temptations.2So, we are
indeed a security threat”, Balogun
stated.
They said haven served President
Muhammadu Buhari as his
personal bodyguards during the
electioneering campaign, they
deserved to be recognised,
compensated and remunerated,
considering the volume of work
and gravity of the sacrifices they
made for the president to assume
the office he had desired all these
years.
“We had to abandon things that
were so dear to us, including our
families and the things we were
doing before because all of us
needed change. We believed that
we had all it takes. And now,
having done all that we did,
nobody has recognised our
efforts. All through the 15 months
and 90 days of the campaign, not
a dime was given to us”, Balogun
said.
One of the aggrieved men, Zubairu,
said that recently, when he went to
the Mosque in Aso Rock to worship,
the president was elated and
exclaimed: “Zubairu (Idris), where
have you been? I’ve been looking
for you.”
Zubairu said he was thereafter
warned by an aide to the president
to steer clear and never come back
to the mosque again for prayer.
“One of the President’s aides
warned me never to near or enter
the mosque again for worship. He
specifically told me to go and
worship Allah in another mosque
and not the one in Aso Villa
because God is everywhere,” he
said.
Meanwhile, a report by Premium
Times says Nigerians who
supported President Muhammadu
Buhari in the 2015 election, are
now, not only disappointed in his
government, but apologising to
other citizens who they may have
convinced to vote for the All
Progressives Congress at the period.
Many of these former supporters
are not happy and think that the
president lacks the political will
and capacity to fight the many
challenges he inherited and for
which former President Goodluck
Jonathan was booted out of office
through the election.