…‘Nothing strange in his submission of affidavit to INEC’

A pro-Buhari group, Re-Elect Buhari Movement (RBM), has dismissed the outrage that followed the submission of an affidavit in place of certificates to the Independent National Electoral Commission by President MuhammaduBuhari to pursue his second term ambition.

The group took a swipe on the People’s Democratic Party, saying there was nothing strange in the action of the President.

Its convener, Emmanuel Umohinyang, said in a statement that since Buhari had said his certificates were with the military, the onus was on the PDP and others in doubt to take advantage of the Freedom of Information act to clear the doubt.

The statement reads: “The PDP reminds one of the story of Saul in the Bible. You know Saul was rejected and he was still parading himself as the king of Israel, but it was not until David was anointed king that he knew that his end had come.

“The PDP are always quick to make allegations that are meaningless in the eyes of the ordinary man on the street.

“President Buhari in 2015 had also made the same affidavit to INEC where he said then that his certificates are with the Secretary of the military board.

“I do not think anything has changed because it is the same affidavit that the President has equally submitted this time.

“It is elementary that when something is in the public domain, thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the people have a right, if they are so concerned to write to the appropriate authority to demand that they furnish them with such information, and the PDP is part and parcel of it.

“If they are so bothered about it, they can write relying on the Freedom of Information Act, but I think the president’s position has been very consistent.

“May be, they do not know President Buhari. He is as constant as the northern star. Whatsoever he tells you today, if you go back to him in the next hundred years, he will still repeat the same”.