A group of Nigerians resident in the UK on Tuesday staged a protest against President Muhammadu Buhari.
The protest took place at the Abuja House official residence of the Nigerian president in London.
The presidency, however, said the protest was sponsored by supporters of alleged looters and corrupt elements within and outside the country, according to Thenewsguru.
Sources in the presidency told State newsmen on Tuesday night that the alleged looters and corrupt elements had rented motley crowd of professional demonstrators to protest against President Buhari on his arrival to London.
The sources said: “Barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari declared his intention to contest for another term in office as President of Nigeria, the camps of alleged looters and corrupt elements within and outside the country have been jolted.
“This has forced them to push panic buttons including renting a motley crowd of professional demonstrators to protest against the President on his arrival into the United Kingdom.”
According to the impeccable sources in Aso Villa and Britain, extremely corrupt Nigerians who are custodians of slush funds stolen from Nigeria, and hiding in UK or are resident cronies of such elements, have colluded to form a league of protesters.
The sources maintained that the protesters’ singular aim was to distract and disorganise the scheduled state visit of the President to England,.
President Buhari is billed to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Theresa May and other dignitaries.
“Esteemed Nigerians home and abroad, friends and business investors in Nigeria, should please see through the veil of the motive behind the Abuja House, Kensington London demonstration.
“It was an orchestrated act of desperation and a ploy to blackmail and hoodwink the President from concentrating on his anti-corruption campaign , which is fast gaining grounds locally and internationally,” (Thenewsguru)