In light of the widespread complaints and reactions to the new naira policy in the nation, the Nigeria Police Force said on Saturday that it felt it necessary to warn individuals and groups against making polarising remarks and statements that could inflame the polity and lead to a crisis in the country.
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the NPF’s spokesperson, stated this on Saturday in a statement that our correspondent was able to get.
This comes after the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said that the present shortage of naira notes was a part of a plan to thwart the next general elections in order to install an interim government.
El-Rufai alleged that the development was meant to ensure that the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and other candidates of the party lose.
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He further claimed that those who lost out in the APC’s primaries were behind the plot.
Also, the Department of State Services had invited a spokesperson for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode, over allegations of a coup plot ahead of the February elections.
Also, the Force Intelligence Bureau of the NPF had on Tuesday invited the former Minister of Aviation over his comment.
ANAEDOONLINE.NG reports that news made the rounds last week that Fani-Kayode, in a tweet, alleged that some top army personnel met with some politicians, including the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, in a bid to scuttle the February 25 general elections.
He added that the meeting might be part of an agenda to provoke a coup and establish a new and unconstitutional order in the country.
Reacting on Saturday, Adejobi said, “This call is highly imperative as the police perceive the reactions and utterances of certain groups and individuals as an attempt to heat up the polity and spontaneously instigate the populace against the government and its policies for their peculiar interests and gains.
“The NPF, therefore, charges the citizenry of Nigeria to remain calm and embrace peace as the Federal Government has assured that it is taking the bull by the horn, assiduously to address the scarcity of naira and fuel and restore normalcy in all sectors.
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“Similarly, the Nigerian populace is hereby urged to desist from any act of violence, hooliganism, and vandalism that may jeopardize the ongoing electoral process, which is significant and critical in the transitional advancement of democracy in Nigeria.
“Meanwhile, the NPF will like to assure the general public that it is working in concert with Defence, security, and intelligence agencies to provide a peaceful environment for all citizens to conduct their socio-economic activities.
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