The
convener of the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG group, has lambasted the
federal government and Lagos state Police command over plans to stop the
planned nationwide protest organized by 2face Idibia.
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has taken to her ever
busy Twitter page to react to plans by the Lagos State Commissioner of
Police, Fatai Owoseni, to truncate the planned nationwide protest led by
singer, 2Face Idibia, against the Buhari-led government.
Recall that the nationwide protest which is slated for February 6
in Lagos state, has since become a subject of controversy as the Police
boss vowed to stop the protest, saying the command wasn’t ready for
that kind of demonstration and as such would not allow it to hold.
While responding to the order, the convener of the Bring Back Our
Girls, BBOG group, said the Federal Government or police had no right to
repress citizens who have decided to speak out against obnoxious
policies.
On her Twitter handle, @obyezeks, she tweeted:
“Please all join in praying for the #IStandWithNigeria Citizens
that their march goes well & for the FG that it hears their
agitation.
“Citizens and NOT POLITICIANS have decided to activate their
#OfficeOfTheCitizens through the #IStandWithNigeria march. DO IT WITH
DECORUM.
“As for me, I wish the #IstandwithNigeria Citizens well with
their march. Please be ABSOLUTELY CIVIL. Be guided by CORE VALUE of
RESPECT.
“WE shall await what FG& @PoliceNG does on the 5th &
6th. One prays that WISDOM will prevail& the #IStandWithNigeria
Citizens do their thing.
“CULTURE of Govt insulting, assaulting, denigrating,
disparaging maligning, slandering&attacking dissenting voices is
CRUDE DEMOCRACY. STOP!
“Let the FG & @PoliceNG desist from ESCALATING TENSION in
an already brittle public space. STOP threatening the #IStandWithNigeria
Citizens.
“We thought that FG& @PoliceNG learnt something from their
failure to STIFLE our @BBOG_Nigeria Citizens’ RIGHT TO PROTEST.
#IStandWithNigeria.
“WE all have a DUTY to DEFEND the principles and ethos of
Democratic Practice in our country. No authority is greater than
CITIZENS. NONE.
“My free counsel to Pres @MBuhari & acting Pres
@ProfOsinbajo is YOU CANNOT WIN AGAINST YOUR AGITATED CITIZENS. Call
@PoliceNG to order NOW.
“If the FG & @PoliceNG have a shred of honor ®ard
for our Constitution, they must RECANT their stance against
#IStandWithNigeria protest.
“Citizens can decide to agitate on ANYTHING as long as it is
done within their Constitutional RIGHT. No Govt has a RIGHT to REPRESS
citizens.
“The greatest TRAGEDY of our current cycle of Democracy is that
a Govt which was once in Opposition is now INTOLERANT of citizens’
agitation.”
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