Shocking! Read what group discovered

– The human rights group, the Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) said it has discovered plans by some mischief makers to stage a protest against the secretary general of the federation

– The group said the blackmailers are desperate to rubbish the effort of the president against corruption in Nigeria

A Human rights group, the Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) on Monday, May 23, said it has uncovered plans by some people to mobilize civil servants to protest against the secretary general of the federation, Babachir Lawal.

Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja, the executive secretary of the group, Ikpa Isaac said the plotted protest is aimed at destabilizing the operations of the office of the SGF to justify claims that Lawal is corrupt.

Isaac also said that CESJET would soon expose the individuals whom he said is undermining the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said the blackmailers are desperate to rubbish the effort of the president against corruption in Nigeria.

“The desperation to create doubts about President Buhari’s commitment to tackle corruption was such that they accused the SGF of allowing the activities of government to nosedive,” Isaac said.

“Unable to pin anything on him, they came up with the allegation of job racketeering, which they claimed was operated on his behalf by a syndicate,” he said.

Isaac also said the group is concerned because the strategy of those behind the protest is to create mistrust, division and infighting within the cabinet of the present administration.

“The expectation is that with confusion sown in the government several outcomes to derail the anti-corruption crusade would be achieved: President Buhari would be distracted from focusing on stamping out corruption; the President would be misled or pressured into dropping those that are actually performing in the government.

“After being wrongly accused of corruption, the exit of those that are performing in the government would virtually cripple the cabinet or slow it down; with the vacancy created by wrongly sacking key members of the cabinet, the proxies of pro-corruption persons would be appointed as replacements; the replacements will then engage in acts that will undermine the integrity of the government and compromise the anti-corruption fight.

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“Even when President Buhari is discerning not to fire his strong hands, the sustained allegation of corruption against cabinet members is aimed at placing question mark on his government,” he said.

He also said other campaigns to discredit the President Buhari’s anti-corruption war include recent claims that a member of the President’s cabinet and serving minister used stolen funds to make Mr President’s election possible.

He said the campaign has now found a new target in the person of the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Engineer Babachir David Lawal, who they are accusing of monetizing his office for personal gain.

Isaac said: “As with all other stories with sinister motives, all that was offered was ‘sources’ that have never been named in any of the several publications that have made such far reaching allegations.”

“Knowing the importance of the Office of SGF in the effective running of the country, we are worried about the impact that distractions like these allegations will constitute at a time when the country should be exploring multiple options for moving forward,” he said.

He also called on Nigerians to ignore individual who he said are a minority and disgruntled elements seeking the head of the SGF for doing his job and serving the people with his best.

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