President Buhari
President Muhammadbu Buhari has disowned a campaign organization with the name ‘Buhari Campaign organisation’.
Festus Keyamo (SAN), Director, Strategic Communications of the
President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, made the announcement
on Friday evening.
BCO had written the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing soliciting
jobs for certain named companies in order to “cushion the financial
pressure on the organisation”.
However, according to Keyamo, the said organisation does not have
the authority or mandate of the President to solicit or raise funds from
public institutions, corporate bodies or individuals for any campaign
activity whatsoever.
“The attention of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign
Organisation has been drawn to a letter making the rounds by one
self-styled ‘Buhari Campaign Organisation,” said Keyamo.
“The letter is addressed to the Ministry of Power, Works and
Housing soliciting for jobs for certain named companies in order to
‘cushion the financial pressure on the organisation’. The letter was
signed by three named individuals.
“Let it be known to the general public and all unsuspecting
individuals and organizations that the said letter DID NOT emanate from
President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation nor was it authorized
by it.
“The said ‘Buhari Campaign Organisation’ does not have the
authority or mandate of President Muhammadu Buhari to solicit or raise
funds from public institutions, corporate bodies or individuals for any
campaign activity whatsoever. This is also a notice to all such public
institutions not to honour any such requests as the one from the
amorphous ‘Buhari Campaign Organisation’.
“As previously announced, the ONLY approved campaign
organisation of the President is the President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign
Organisation headed by His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi
as the Director-General. A Campaign Council would also be announced in
due course.
“We also wish to re-iterate for the umpteenth time that
President Muhammadu Buhari and his campaign organisation WILL NOT have
recourse to the public coffers or public funds to run the campaign. We
intend to make a complete departure from past practices of the main
opposition where they looted the public treasury to run their
campaigns.”
Keyamo informed all Buhari support groups to get in touch with
the campaign headquarters of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign
Organisation at Plot 718 Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business
District, Abuja, in order for their activities to be streamlined.
“We shall not tolerate any individual
or groups, purporting to act on behalf of the President, going round
ministries, corporate bodies or individuals to raise funds for the
campaign,” the statement maintained, adding that “such individual or
groups would be handed over to law-enforcement agencies”.