Prominent Nigerians and Civil Society Organisations expressed mixed feelings over the worsening state of insecurity, poverty and other critical challenges threatening the unity of the country.However, protests that were to hold across the country were resisted by security agencies working on the order of the Federal Government.
On the other hand was the pro-Buhari group, allegedly sponsored and mobilised to counter anti-Buhari protests. The group carried various placards marked #StandingwithBuhari.The message by the #Buharimustgo group was clear: democracy is under threat from rising insecurity and bad governance. The protests came as the Federal Government has been struggling to curtail terrorism, kidnapping and separatist agitations across the country.
One of the protesters described the reaction of the Buhari-led administration to their demands as a tactical return to military dictatorship, where peaceful protests for justice and good governance were repelled forcefully. For a pro-democracy activist, Mr. George Akinola, Federal Government was wrong over the treatment meted to the protesters on Saturday. He also said the democracy Buhari celebrated was not the one Nigerians fought for from 1993 to 1999. He said the democracy in place today favours a particular section of the country, the Fulani, precisely and makes them look superior to other ethnic nationalities in the country.
“We are already addressing these obstacles and we will soon bring some of these culprits to justice. We are, at the same time addressing the twin underlying drivers of insecurity namely poverty and youth unemployment.” The speaker said it was a coincidence that June 12 falls same day when Nigeria marks the 28th anniversary of the annulment of the freest, fair and credible elections, which was synonymous with the victory of the late Bashorun MKO Abiola.
In a webinar programme organised to mark June 12 as Democracy Day on Saturday, former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, Chief Olusegun Osoba , Commodore Kayode Olofinmoyin former Military Administrator of Ogun State; and Commodore Olabode George former Military Administrator of Ondo State, and others insisted that devolution of powers, resource control will reset Nigeria on the path of development.
They also agreed that since governance cannot be by discretion but by the Rule of Law, true federalism with emphasis on return to regional governance is the most important indicator and the best solution to solving Nigeria’s current and future challenges, occasioned by a new Constitution akin to the 1963 Constitution.
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