The Presidency has come up to say that Nigerians have the constitutional right to peaceful protest and no one can deny them their civil right.
The declaration came on a day of pro-government protests, organised by statement chairmen of All Progressives Congress, APC rocked state capitals across the country and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
The Federal Government is also said to be taking steps to placate youths in the country to stave off the protest slated for Thursday, August 1, billed to last for 10 days.
However, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, yesterday summoned the legal adviser to the organisers of the protest, Mr Ebun Olu-Olu-Adegboruwa, SAN, to a meeting at Force Headquarters in Abuja today over the August 1, nationwide protest.
The Presidency has stated that no one can restrict Nigerians’ rights as citizens, including the right to peaceful protest as provided by the constitution.
The decision was made on a day when protests in support of the treatment, led by All Progressives Congress statement, shook state capitals across the nation, notably the Federal Capital Territory, or FCT, Abuja.
According to reports, the Federal Government is additionally taking efforts to pacify young people in the nation in an effort to prevent the 10-day protest that is expected to start on Thursday, August 1.
nevertheless Mr. Ebun Olu-Olu-Adegboruwa, SAN, the legal advisor to the protest organizers, was called by Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, yesterday to a meeting at Force Headquarters in Abuja over the August 1 nationwide protest.
However, Mr. Ebun Olu-Olu-Adegboruwa, SAN, the legal advisor to the protest organizers, was asked by Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, yesterday, to a meeting on the August 1 nationwide protest at Force Headquarters in Abuja.
The declaration was made in response to nationwide appeals for the demonstration against hunger in the country to be suspended in order to prevent it from being manipulated by dangerous individuals.
This coincided with the reaffirmation by no fewer than 36 civil society groups in the nation of people’s fundamental rights to peaceful protest as a cornerstone of democratic governance.
Even so, Federal Capital Territory, FECT, Minister Damilare Adenola, one of the organizers of the Take-It-Back Movement and one of its leaders, stated
,Even so, the leader of the Take-It-Back Movement and one of the demonstration’s spearheads, Damilare Adenola, stated that Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, had no authority to forbid the protest organizers from using Eagle Square in Abuja because it is a public space.
The minister had at the weekend threatened to revoke permission to use the space if the demonstration organizers didn’t submit a formal application by Thursday, August 1.
The Senate President Godswill Akpabio, claimed Wednesday that politicians who lost the 2023 election were attempting to gain power by a backdoor and attributed the planned Nation wide protest to them.
At the same time, the All Progressives Congress, APC, South-West Executive Committee pleaded with Nigerians to disregard the protest, saying that everyone would soon have a meaningful means of subsistence and that the current suffering would soon end.
By Dayo Johnson, the south-west Regional Editor Joe Erunke, Henry Ojelu, Omeiza Ajayi, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, and Favor Ulebor Akure Nigerians have the constitutional right to peaceful protest, belongs to the presidency, and no one can take it away from them.
The declaration coincided with a day of rallies against the government coordinated by All Progressives Congress statement chairs, which shook state capitals throughout the
By Dayo Johnson, South-West Regional Editor Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Favour Ulebor, Joe Erunke, Henry Ojelu, and Omeiza Ajayi
AKURE Nigerians have the constitutional right to peaceful protest, according to the presidency, and no one can take it away from them.
The announcement was made on a day when protesters support of the administration, led by All Progressives Congress state chairs, shook state capitals all throughout the nation, including the Federal Capital Territory, or FCT, Abuja.
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