President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday SOME supporters of the(APC), are of those masquerading around him as supporters.

SOME supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the auspices of the Assembly of APC Support Groups, on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to be wary of those masquerading around him as supporters.

They warned that such people might be out to portray his government in bad light.

According to the groups, such ‘masqueraders’ who they claimed are close to the President, have been trying to give the impression that President Buhari was not in charge of the government, but working on the dictate of a few persons.

They staged solidarity for the President on the streets of Abuja yesterday.

The rally was a reponse to an earlier protest on Monday by another group on the platform of Concerned APC Stakeholders, alleging that a cabal had hijacked the government and asking the President to take over the “driver’s seat” of his government as he the one elected by Nigerians.

Matching from the Unity Fountain to the main gate of the Presidential Villa, the group said “blackmailers” were out to tannish the image of the government, adding that the achievement recorded so far by the government was made possible because the President was in charge of his government.

They displayed various placards listing the achievements of the current administration and declaring that no one else is in charge of the government except President Buhari.

In a letter submitted to the Presidency, the rally’s convener, Dr. Paul Dowells Essen, said: “The sabotage within the corridor of power is becoming more alarming with the recent sponsored campaign against Mr. President under the guise of protesting against Mamman Daura, Ismaila Isa Funtua and Abba Kyari.

“We are members of the governing APC; we are pro-democracy, we are pro-Buhari and we believe in your leadership qualities and strength of governance as you continue to sail the affairs of this entity called Nigeria.

“As a people, we agreed to stand and defend democracy, which we did for 16 years before clinching to power. The sacrifice of every individual is commendable, before, during and after the elections.

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“We observed that, the two persons mentioned in a protest against you, Mamman Daura and Ismaila Funtua are not government appointees. They are patriotic Nigerians and must not be related with the governance of the country as Mr. President is fully in charge of the government.

“Your Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari is doing well. He is discharging his duty diligently. Of course, those who want his office are not ghosts and they are not PDP members. They are of the APC.

“While it’s the right of every individual to aspire, it should be done with every sense of respect for the office of the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

Calling on the President to ignore those who earlier protested against some of his personal staff, the group said if Buhari “is not on the driver seat, we would not have enjoyed N-power, Conditional Cash Transfer, the MarketMoni.

“Mr. President Sir, you are on the driver seat, not on the passenger seat as speculated by few members of our party acting the script of a man who claims to be your supporter, your coordinator, and even the coordinator of government affairs. This shows that, the enemies are within, you must be careful such persons around you sir.

“The infrastructural architecture of Nigeria is reviving with massive road construction across the country, the anchor borrowers program which has not only increase local production of rice, but has ended the importation of expired rice into the country. Your government is rapidly eradicating poverty, empowering women etc.

“Your Excellency sir, because you are in charge of your government, we have defeated Boko Haram and have suppressed other insurrection. The implementation of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, engaging kidnapping and banditry in a fierce battle and we are winning the war the arrest of Evans in Lagos, and multitude of kidnappers along Kaduna road and Zamfara State to mention but few.

“Your Excellency sir, our democracy must be sustained, somebody is trying to paint your image in a bad light after  achieving so much in the last four years. We cannot fold our arms and allow few individuals ruin the Country by blackmailing Mr. President in a view to box him to the corner.”