God bless you,Vatsa

Minna – Former Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger State, Comrade Jonathan Tsado Vatsa has sounded a note of warning to proponents of death penalty against Nigerians on account of ‘Hate speech’, insisting that the word was the creation of the ruling party to oust the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Vatsa said he was among the most heard voices before and during the 2015 and he used what is today being branded as hate speech by the National Assembly to destroy the then ruling PDP by painting it black before Nigerians and ‘It worked. We used hate speech to degrade the PDP and that made Nigerians to vote for the APC’.
What should be of utmost importance to the Senate at this critical moment in Nigeria’s history is to find out and deal with what is making Nigerians speak ill of the President Mohammadu Buhari led APC government, because Nigerians are reacting to something they can no longer endure.
The APC Chieftain faulted the 9th Senate for championing the proposed bill seeking death penalty for any Nigerian convicted for hate speech, insisting that, “If hate speech is offence with capital punishment then the APC should be liable because we actually initiated hate speech, used it as propaganda to remove the PDP from power in 2015”.
Jonathan Vatsa who had served as Commissioner for Information, Tourism and Culture and Tourism in Niger state told journalists in Minna, Niger state capital that it is not only laughable but a direct invitation for anarchy by those championing the cause, because Nigerians never knew what is hate speech until now.
Instead of proposing bills that would improve the living conditions of Nigerians, Vatsa said he was disappointed that the most important thing to Senator Aliyu Abdullahi Sabi, who is from Niger state to propose a bill to pass a death sentence on innocent Nigerians for exercising their rights to freedom of speech and expressions.
The Senate has disappointed Nigerians, saying, “Not only death sentence for hate speech, but they should also as well apply for lands in the 36 states, including Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as it did for Ruga to be used as a cemetery for the burial of hate speech offenders”.
“I want Senator Sabi Abdullahi to also propose a bill that will set aside a separate cemetery for offenders so that we can have it tourist sites with inscriptions, ‘Hate Speech’ cemetery because the offenders may also include those of us who have benefitted from hate speech”.
If there should be anything like a penalty for hate speech offenders it shouldn’t have come from APC, Vatsa pointed out and wondered why the APC-controlled Senate should ever contemplate such a draconian and unpopular law for present-day Nigeria.
Vatsa said he believed that a number of factors gave rise to hate speech, which included denying Nigerians the right to elect leaders of their choice in a free and fair election, the Senate should find out those things that gave rise or is giving rise to hate speech and try to address them.
“We rode to power in 2015 through hate speech. APC brought hate speech to Nigeria politics and I am one of the hate speech crusaders, as Publicity Secretary of the APC in Niger state, I know how we used hate speech to mobilize Nigerians against the then ruling PDP”.
APC came up with something to poison peoples’ minds against the PDP and, “It paid off because Nigerians eventually hated PDP and we came on board. Before 2015 Nigerians did not know anything like hate speech. In fact, since the return of democracy in 1999, we are just hearing about hate speech.
Vatsa insisted that no Nigerian should be sacrificed for speaking out, “APC as a political party brought hatred into Nigerian politics in the form of propaganda. The truth must be told. We are the architects of hate speech and nobody complained about it. We enjoyed it and it worked for us.
“If we think we have failed Nigerians in keeping with our change promises, we should be bold enough to apologize to Nigerians that we couldn’t deliver, but to try to cage them by trying to introduce or recycle Decree 4 of 1984 in the name of hate speech is unacceptable”.
The former APC spokesperson in Niger state blamed the Senate Deputy Whip, Senator Aliyu Sabi who is from Niger-North Senatorial District, warning however that the proposed death penalty bill for hate speech offenders, “might consume all of us”.
“Rather than passing the death sentence on hate speech offenders, why shouldn’t there be a death penalty for corrupt Nigerian leaders? Vatsa rhetorically asked, explaining further that, corruption and injustice are part of the factors that gave birth to the brand, hate speech.
“If there is justice, equity, fairness and respect for the rule of law, Nigerians will not be speaking bad things about government. When people are being marginalized and denied their rights, surely there will be hate speech and we cannot stop people from expressing their freedom of speech.
“If the 9th Senate is proposing the death penalty for hate speech offenders, then what will they do to Boko-Haram, armed bandits, kidnappers, oil bunkers and treasury looters among both politicians and civil servants because all these things are worse than hate speech”.
Vatsa told journalists, “I believe there are more pressing issues facing Nigerians that needs the attention of the Senate, including making laws to alleviate their sufferings instead of wasting time, resources and energy on an unpopular bill like this one that will not see the light of the day”.
“If monies meant for constituency projects are properly utilized for the purpose it was meant and citizens begin to see dividends of democracy, there will be no need for hate speech. If millions of jobless Nigerian youths can have something to do to earn a living, they will have no time for hate speech”.
Vatsa said bad comments against the government in power could as well be borne out of frustration and denials of choices made, adding that, “If Nigerian are allowed to elect leaders of their choice in a free and fair election there will be no hate speech. Something gave birth to hate speech, the Senate should go after what gave rise or is giving rise to hate speech and address it”.

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I told those who care to listen, let's remain calm...in time the same law will end up consuming more of its proponents than their perceived targets who are simply expressing their grievances over failed promises.

Karma is a b***h