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The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Good Governance has alleged that some Nigerians are plotting to destabilise the country.

The group, at a Consultative General Assembly held in Abuja, said since the president has not told anyone that he is unfit to lead, no one should force him out of power.

Representatives of 40 CSOs, which included the New Initiative for Credible Leadership, the Advocates of Social Justice for All, Lawyers of Mercy, Media Without Border, Beyond Leadership Legacy Foundation, described the calls for Buhari’s resignation as distraction.

The groups in a statement jointly signed by its Secretary, Joyce Adamu, Secretary and Rev Steven Onwu Chairman, Communique Drafting Committee passed a vote of confidence on the president.

The statement said, “In the past days, several notable persons have breached decorum to make demands that have no anchor in the Nigerian Constitution (as amended) like asking the president to take a medical leave.

“These calls are equivalent of civilian coup attempts since they are aimed at forcing President Buhari out of office over ill health that can befall anyone. The people making the demands based such on hearsay and rumours published as stories by less than credible online sites”.

The statement further noted that no organ of state is currently suffering directly or indirectly as a result of Buhari’s health situation, adding that able appointees of the president were running the various aspects they are entrusted with successfully.

“In the same space of time that wicked rumours are flying around, wife of the president, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, declared that the severity of her husband’s health was being blown out of proportion.

“Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele briefed the president on the apex bank’s currency management and relayed how the Forex stability excited President Buhari. Such brief could only have been presented to a lucid and healthy person.

“There is also no constitutional crisis so far created by the ill health of the president as being propounded by some critics,” the statement further stated.

The group called on Nigerians to continue to pray for Buhari’s quick recovery.