By SUNNY OKIM

The Leaders of Conscience under the umbrella of the National Consultative Front, (NCFront), have condemned what it refers to as the hanky panky and deceitful games being played by the federal government and petroleum products marketers on the recent hike in the pump price of petrol by the Buhari administration.

The NCFront, in a statement dated March 14 signed by its Head of Public Affairs Bureau, Dr Tanko Yunusa, directed its teeming members, allies and supporters nationwide to resist what it calls "the wicked, insensitive hanky panky over the dubious hike in fuel price from N145 to N212 later reduced to between N165 and NN170 per litre".

According to the Ghali Umar Na'aba-led political movement, the whole exercise is based on conspiracy between the federal government and petrol marketers, without any form of consultations with the suffering masses and citizens of Nigeria who are currently bearing the brunt of the avoidable hardship foisted on the country by the inertia and ineptitude of the Buhari regime.

NCFront, an emergent mass movement purportedly mobilising Nigerians to rescue the country from the disastrous grip of the present political leadership through a new People's constitution, says it's ready to take over and occupy NNPC depots and fuel stations nationwide and storm the seat of power if government fails to reverse its inhuman hike in price of petrol and restore normalcy to all fuel stations in the country within the next 24 hours.

The statement reads as follows:

"NCFront today is filled with serious indignation and umbrage at the wicked and exploitative increase in the price of petrol in Nigeria by the corrupt and self serving cabal running the Buhari government by proxy, as the president himself has been largely absent and non existent since the 2019 elections was badly manipulated for him by the fading cabal at the Aso Villa.

"We wish to state categorically that, notwithstanding the present hanky panky being played by government and petroleum marketers, our members and supporters nationwide will be fully mobilized to resist the new oscillating prices of pump price of petrol and to take over and occupy NNPC depots and fuel stations nationwide if government fails to reverse its inhuman hike in price of petrol and restore normalcy back to all fuel stations in the country within the next 24 hours.

"NC Front however wishes to state clearly that we have had enough of the lacklustre performance and undue hardship foisted by the Buhari led APC government and hereby demands that it steps down without delay to avoid a calamitous uprising in the country as Nigerians can no longer bear the pains inflicted on them and may be compelled to occupy the presidential villa soon for relief.

"SIGNED

Dr Tanko Yunusa

Head, Public Affairs Bureau

NC Front, Abuja."