Buhari Supporters Write Petition To Counter Anti-Buhari Petition

Buhari leaves Abuja for South Africa
The petition in support of President Buhari, started on
iPetitions by Audu Bukarti, states that “some political
prostitutes and their clients have started an online petition
calling on PMB to resign his office for their allegation that the
president shown total lack of respect to Court Order when
refused to release two high profile accused persons, Colonel
Sambo Dasuki and the Biafran separatist leader, Nnamdi
Kanu.”
Mr. Bukarti continues, “this petition is a calculated attempt to
demoralize our president and truncate his war against
corruption in public offices.”
A December 31st petition written by Carol Ajie on Change.org,
which calls for President Buhari’s resignation, has received
approximately 2,033 supporters at the time of this publication.
The petition argues that President Buhari has violated his oath
of office because he has not discharged his duties faithfully
and in accordance with the Constitution. The petition against
President Buhari claims that “in holding Mr Kanu [detained by
the Department of State Services] beyond the required period
they have infracted on the Immigration Act, the Administration
of Criminal Justice Act, the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria 1999 and subsisting court orders.”
The Change.org petition asserts that “President Buhari
[should] resign from office or face impeachment proceedings.
Alternatively avoid another Burundi, call him to comply with
the Orders of Courts.”
At the time of publication the petition in support of President
Buhari, which started on January 3rd 2016, has approximately
3,064 signatures
These dueling petitions are the latest form of online activism
in Nigeria questioning the legitimacy and leadership of
President Buhari. Online and social media have been critical of
President Buhari’s treatment of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of
the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), who was unlawfully
arrested by agents of the Department of State Services (DSS).
President Buhari has also been widely criticized for his many
trips to foreign countries and the massacre of Shiite Muslims
by the military in Zaria, Kaduna State.