*Pours Invectives On Tinubu
A mass protest today rocked Abuja with hundreds of people storming streets in the nation’s capital to express their feelings over recurring abduction of school children and general insecurity in the country.
Led by human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, they called for the immediate rescue of the schoolchildren.
Sowore also launched a damning attack on President Bola Tinubu, whom he alleged as being responsible for the worsening insecurity in the land.
The protest, which followed a nationwide mobilisation, according to Sowore, is a prelude to what he described as an imminent revolutionary push against poor governance and insecurity.
Addressing the crowd, he said Nigeria had deteriorated into its worst state compared to neighbouring countries, insisting that citizens could no longer remain silent in the face of mass abductions and killings.
Sowore alleged: “Tinubu is Boko Haram. We are here because of the situation of our country. We are here because the situation in Nigeria is the worst of all the countries surrounding us today.
“We are here as a rehearsal for what might become the final push for a revolution in this country.”
He sought immediate government action to secure the release of all kidnapped schoolchildren in Nigeria.
He said: “We are asking that Tinubu, with immediate effect, go and rescue the children who were kidnapped from their schools across the country and get them released immediately.”
To him, Tinubu has failed in his constitutional responsibility to secure citizens.
“Because that is what he imposed himself on Nigerians to do as the presidency that he stole in 2023, and from which we shall never allow him to come back again in this country,” Sowore added.
Mobilising chants against the President, he questioned demonstrators if they wanted Tinubu to remain in power, thus: ”Do you want Tinubu to come back again?”
In a thunderous response, the crowd roared: “No, no, no, no!”
Describing the protest as a nationwide action, Sowore said today’s Abuja demonstration was only a slice of a broader mobilisation across the country.
Sowore disclosed that protesters had originally intended to march on Aso Rock but were hindered by heavy security presence.
“It’s not as if we cannot put the soldiers aside. But we decided that because it’s a peaceful process, we will not have any confrontation with the soldiers or police. Otherwise, they are nothing before the people. At all, they are nothing,” he added.
He expressed optimism that the protest will help make leaders accountable.
“When people take over streets, when the masses take over streets, all oppressors, they shall run away,” he said.
*PHOTO CAPTION: Some of the protesters… today.
