UAD CONDEMNS PLANNED ATTACKS ON FEB 6TH NATIONWIDE PROTESTS
“Those who make peaceful change impossible, make violent change inevitable!”- John. F.Kennedy.
We have been monitoring the harsh response of especially the Nigeria Police that the February 6th nationwide protests led by Enough is Enough (EiE) and the 2face Foundation will be stopped, and we want to say that we understand the intention therein. The Nigerian police is hell bent in killing all voices of dissent and demonising all truthful and genuine disagreements to the government’s anti-poor policies.
We in UAD posit that the Nigerian Police Force has no right whatsoever to stop the peaceful assembly of any group or people. Do the police prefer violent protests to this planned peaceful one? The Right to protest is a fundamental human right!
We clearly understand, from recent actions of the Nigerian Police and Military, that fundamental human rights are wilfully disrespected and abused people’s lives; properties; and freedom treated inhumanly. The shootings and killings of Biafran agitators in Portharcourt on January 20; the killings at AAU; Ekpoma in Edo state; and the unprovoked massacre of Shiites, show the barbaric character of the police and military, and are still freshest in our memory!
We then want to let CP Fatai Owoseni to publish the names of “hoodlums” that are planning to hijack the protests. Otherwise, the public should note that the said hoodlums are going to be sponsored by the police and the state agents themselves!
. We therefore want to tell Fatai Owoseni and others in the Nigeria Police to get civilised and stop using lethal weapons in protests. No live ammunition should be used by the police. And they must conduct themselves in the most serene manner as it’s done in saner climes. Afterall, President Buhari and other stalwarts of APC had to lead mass protests enroute the 2015 General elections. Or are some boot-lickers not also planning to stand with Buhari? We call on all progress-seeking Nigerians to come out enmasse on Monday, stab work and leisure, and join this protest for our future. This is one of the very rare times in our lives that we can show that ANOTHER NIGERIA IS VERY POSSIBLE!
SIGNED
GABRIEL Ojumah, KUNLE Wizeman Ajayi,
Convener. General Secretary.
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