President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he will not give into ultimatums for him to take certain actions.

Iin a statement delivered by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity said the president refuses to make any decisions out of fear at a time Nigeria is battling with internal unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The speech read as follows:

“The Presidency responds to the recurring threats to the corporate existence of the country with factions giving specific timelines for the President to to do one thing or another or else, in their language, “the nation will break up.

“This is to warn that such unpatriotic outbursts are both unhelpful and unwarranted as this government will not succumb to threats and take any decision out of pressure at a time when the nation’s full attention is needed to deal with the security challenges facing it at a time of the Covid-19 health crisis”.

“Repeat: this administration will not take any decision against the interests of 200 million Nigerians, who are the President’s first responsibility under the constitution, out of fear or threats especially in this hour of health crisis”.