#ResumeOrResign: Presidency reacts to attack on Charly Boy, others

The Presidency on Wednesday reacted to the protests that rocked Wuse market in Abuja describing it as ‘ethnicised’ and selfish.
It also criticised the #ResumeOrResign group led by Charles Oputa, popularly called Charly Boy, for taking the protests to a sensitive spot like the Wuse market.
The protesters were attacked by persons believed to be supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari leading to injury to some including police officers who tried to maintain peace.
The market, the largest in Abuja, was subsequently shut down and was only reopened on Wednesday.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, addressed a pro-Buhari group from the Niger-Delta region which staged a separate rally in Abuja on Wednesday, to counter the #ResumeOrResign protesters.
The #ResumeOrResign protesters are calling for the resumption or resignation of the president.
Mr. Buhari has been in London for medical treatment of an undisclosed ailment for 100 days
Dozens of pro-Buhari protesters gathered at the Unity Fountain at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday and concluded their rally with a solidarity march to the junction of Presidential Villa where they were received by the presidential media aide and his colleague, Garba Shehu.
The protesters were chanting ‘Sai Baba Sai Baba’ and were accompanied by security operatives down to the Presidential Villa where they demonstrated their support for Mr Buhari.
An inscription on one of the placards the protesters carried read ‘Buhari Was Only Sick Not Corrupt.’
Mr. Adesina, while addressing the protesters on behalf of the presidency, condemned the Wuse market protests.

Johnny Michael, convener of the group, said they were fully in support of the president and wished him recovery.
“We the youth from the Niger Delta are coming to let every Nigerian know that the president has our total support and he has done well for us.
“Those people protesting for the resignation of the president are anti-party people, they are people that are being sponsored by the opposition party,” Mr. Michael said.

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