Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo - Top 12 quotes
Nigeria's Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has got a basket full of issues that have to be tackled in the absence of his principal.
The passing week was one of the most intense for Nigeria, as it saw agitations and political rifts of varied degrees.
Below are quotes that gives you an idea of what transpired in the passing week.
1. "If this is what Biafra entails, God forbid!"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
Following his release on bail from Kuje Prison, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra group (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has attained demigod status as his followers now almost seem to worship him.
Not many are happy with this new demagogic status he has attained and some took to Twitter to vent their displeasure.
2. "Buhari's government is for criminals"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
Senator Dino Melaye has described the current administration as that of criminocracy which he defined as a government of the criminals, by the criminals and for the criminals.
3. "I'm not allowed to contest for the presidency of Nigeria because I'm Igbo. I'm not allowed to aspire to become the inspector general of police because I'm Igbo. I'm not allowed to become chief of army staff because I'm Igbo"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB in an interview has termed Nigeria a stupid country.
Kanu who spoke to Al Jazeera in the parlour of his father's home in Umuahia insisted that the Igbo people have nothing in coming with Nigeria.
4. "Osinbajo is appointing only Yorubas and Christians"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
Some northern leaders have lambasted the acting president for what they describe as sectional appointments. Northern leaders in the past weeks have been grumblings about the acting president's appointments.
5. "DSS, Police looking for trouble in Nnamdi Kanu's hometown"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Saturday, June 3, said the Department of State Services and the Nigeria police Force was out to cause trouble in Umuahia, Abia state's capital city.
IPOB alleged that the security institutions are focused on intimidating its members and leader Nnamdi Kanu.
6. "Forces aggrieved that Osinbajo is fully in charge"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
The presidency has alleged that some forces had wanted to be in control of the government in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The presidency also said the forces aware that Osinbajo was fully in charge, of government were aggrieved and therefore thought they could pit him against the public by cooking up unfounded allegations against him, This Day reports.
7. “When we look at our country, it is not the state it fell into that is the story but the story is how the people react when you see the nation that needs to be helped"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has sent a powerful message to Nigerians urging them to be ready to make sacrifices as that would put the country on course to be great.
The Punch reports that Osinbajo gave this message at the 2017 Democracy Day Interdenominational Church Service held at the National Christian Centre in Abuja on Sunday, May 28.
8. "Southeast leaders should start massive sensitization campaigns ahead of next year’s census exercise in the region"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
As the sit-at-home order from the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) continues with the shut-down of some states in the south-east, a group from the region has warned Nnamdi Kanu against alleged continued flouting of the bail conditions granted him.
Kanu was granted bail with conditions including that he should not be seen with any crowd.
The South-East Youths and Elders’ Forum (SEYEF), reportedly a non-political pressure group, warned Kanu to stop flouting his bail conditions.
9. "Obasanjo would have been in a position to tell Nigerians the simple truth"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has faulted former President Olusegun Obasanjo's call, urging the group to jettison its secessionist struggle.
Obasanjo has in a recent statement urged pro-Biafra agitators to bury their agitation and fight for the ‘national cake’.
10. "Implement national conference report"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
The pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has urged Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to commence the process for the implementation of the recommendations of the 2014 national conference.
11. "Nigeria inching towards another civil war"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has issued a stern warning to the authorities in Nigeria.
According to Daily Post, Bakare warned that Nigeria is on the verge of another civil war following the yet-to-be addressed incessant killings of other Nigerians by Fulani herdsmen.
12. "We are not part of your sit-at-home"
Top 12 quotes: Pressure in the presidency as Northern leaders attack Osinbajo
As the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) takes effect, governors from the south-eastern part of Nigeria have said there is no secession plan in the agenda of the Igbos.
While dissociating themselves from the sit-at-home order by IPOB and other such groups, the governors warned those championing the agitations to desist from it and allow people go about their businesses.
Watch this NAIJ.com video in which Acting President Yemi Osinbajo delivers a speech on the Biafra war.