2019 elections: MURIC urges Atiku to shun bad advisers

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged a former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to shun bad advisers over last Saturday’s Presidential elections, the result of which he has rejected.

The MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, in a statement yesterday, said the reported advice by former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode, that Atiku Abubakar should form a parallel government and order civil disobedience, should be ignored.

The group described Fani-Kayode’s advice as a voice from the pit of hell.

“It is advice from the pit of hell. Don’t believe Fani-Kayode. He is an advocatusdiaboli. He is eyeing a seat in your cabinet if you form a parallel government. Your status is well above what he asked you to do. As an ex-vice president of Nigeria, you know the implications of forming a parallel government. That is high treason.

“Ordering civil disobedience also has serious repercussions. Apart from causing a lot of suffering for the people, irredentist groups and opportunists will cash in on it. Are you ready to lead an insurrection? Besides, civil disobedience will fail because its effect will only be partially felt in the South East and only for a few days. But do you want to descend to the level of Nnamdi Kanu? It will endanger your interests in the North,” he said.

He said that the worst scenario expected from Atiku is recourse to litigation, not ordering civil disobedience or forming a parallel government.