Nollywood
actor, Jim Iyke, has lamented the current state of the nation and also joined
in the clamour for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The actor
who joined the #ResumeOrResign protest on Wednesday at its convergence point in
Unity Park, Abuja, shared his views while speaking to the media at the rally.
He said,
“The president has to either resume his duty, or resign. It is natural for people to grow old and
become unable to discharge their duties properly. And when this happens, the
aged is expected to step down.”
“You cannot
rule a country from outside another country for 94 days. It is not possible. We
have turned to the caricature of the world. Has anybody tuned in to CNN lately?
Did you not hear what they had to say about our great nation? We were once the
giant of Africa but today; we are the joke of Africa. It is time we wake up.”
Charly Boy
leads the protest under the ”Our Mumu Don Do” movement alongside social critic,
Deji Adeyanju, who is the founder of the Concerned Nigeria group.
The Bring
Back our Girls, co-founder, Aisha Yesufu, was also present at the protest on
Wednesday.
Anti-riot
police officers attacked popular veteran entertainer, Charly Boy, and others,
during the protest on Tuesday.
Narrating
his ordeal, the entertainer said, “Before we knew it, they started with the
water cannon. Then they tear-gassed us and set their dogs against us. Worried,
I went to one of the policemen who was standing near me and asked him why they
resorted to such action. Instead of responding to me, he suddenly raised the
butt of his gun and hit me in the eye.”
Charly Boy
was quickly rushed to the hospital for treatment. The veteran entertainer also
revealed that a journalist was allegedly beaten up at the venue of the protest.
Meanwhile,
the presidency has urged Nigerians to ignore calls for ailing President
Muhammadu Buhari to return to work or resign his position.
Garba Shehu,
a presidential spokesperson, said activists who took to the street to protest
Mr. Buhari’s prolonged absence have a right to do so, but that they
“overstepped their bounds” by trying to force the president’s hands.
The
president has been away in London since May 7, where he’s believed to be
receiving treatment for unknown ailments.
Nigerians
have demanded specific details about his ailments, a request that his office
has continued to rebuff.
Several
persons have taken to the streets in Abuja and London since Monday, demanding
his immediate resignation or return to work.
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