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| The Letter Of Protest by mrsquib(m): 8:47am On Jan 21, 2012 |
[size=14pt]NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION IKEJA BRANCH 20th January, 2012[/size] Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola S.A.N Governor, Lagos State Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. Your Excellency, PROTEST AGAINST OCCUPATION OF LAGOS BY MILITARY PERSONNEL AND FORCES Our Branch is constrained to forward this petition to your exalted office, as regards the presence of military personnel in some key areas of the Lagos mega-city to wit Ojota, Yaba, Fadeyi, Iyana-Ipaja, Ikorodu, Iyana-Oba and Badagry since Monday 16th January, 2012. The soldiers, as is now well known in the public domain were deployed to Lagos State by the President of the Federal Republic and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria ostensibly to prevent and crush the popular and peaceful protest against the recent hike in the pump price of petroleum (from N65.00 to N141.00). Since this military occupation, the Gani Fawehinmi Park Ojota in particular, has become inaccessible to Lagosians and other Nigerian Citizens, while the presence of the military in the other afore-mentioned places is intimidating and scary. Our Branch feels very embarrassed at the presence of soldiers on Lagos Streets and spaces, which are exclusively the physical territory and jurisdiction of the State and not of the Federal Government. Our Branch feels very embarrassed at the presence of soldiers on Lagos Streets and spaces when there is no WAR or INSURGENCY in the State, likewise there is no breakdown of law and order or any state of emergency declared. Our Branch feels very embarrassed that in Lagos State, the acclaimed Centre of Excellence Nigerians cannot freely and peaceably gather and express their views in the state due to her occupation by armed military personnel. In consequence, the fundamental rights of our people to wit, freedom of movement, freedom of speech, freedom of association all recognized and enshrined in the constitution of Nigeria are so blatantly breached. We respectfully and with all sense of responsibility express our fears that the sheer presence of the military personnel in Lagos can be exploited by mischief makers and enemies of Lagos State to cause or trigger off mayhem, leading to a breakdown of law and order in the state. We are aware of your Excellency’s broadcast of Monday 16th January, 2012, decrying the deployment of troops. However, we believe that government of Lagos should do much more than a broadcast in seeing that normalcy returns to Lagos at the soonest. Lest we forget, we respectfully take the liberty to remind the Lagos State Government that it was very much a part of the decision to formulate and implement the fuel subsidy removal policy and so ought to realize the social consequences of such an unpopular policy. We charge your government to roll out its own palliatives derived from the “gains” of the oil subsidy as well as ensure that the billions of naira that would accrue to the coffers of the State are used fully, meaningfully and exclusively for the benefit of the people of Lagos State. Thank you. Yours faithfully, Adebamigbe Omole Esq. Adesina Ogunlana Esq. Chairman General Secretary |
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