Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical and cultural organisation, Afenifere, has strongly condemned calls by some individuals it accused of hiding beneath the final starvation protest to name for army takeover of energy within the nation.
The organisation in a press release issued by its Nationwide Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, asserted that the nation’s democratic dispensation “shouldn’t be truncated for any motive”.
Afenifere’s denunciation got here on the heels of current calls by some individuals in the course of the 10-day protests to demand finish to starvation and hardship however who went additional calling on the military to stage a coup, and seize energy.
It will be recalled that organisers of the nationwide protests had introduced ten days of protests between August 1st to tenth.
The protests had been peaceable in some states, whereas some sections of the nation didn’t take part in it in any respect.
Afenifere famous that the protests turned violent in some states, resulting in the destruction and looting of properties, whereas lives had been reportedly misplaced in some areas.
It lamented that some so-called ‘protesters’ overtly hoisted flags related to Russia, whilst some maintained that the insignia on the flags had been that of the Nigerian Military.
“Whether or not the flags belonged to Russia or the military, the message is kind of the identical – inciting the taking-over of presidency via an unconstitutional means,” the assertion reads.
Afenifere added that for the reason that protest was ostensibly known as to push for an finish to the starvation and different sundry deprivations within the land, “how come they give the impression of being within the course of both the army or a overseas energy? It will be a peak of self-delusion to imagine that the intervention of both the army or a overseas energy will put an automated cease to starvation within the land”.
The organisation famous that states by which the protests took a dimension that ran towards the ‘peaceable nature’ that the organisers promised included Edo, Rivers, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Jigawa, Borno, Kano and Yobe.
It defined additional that in a number of the Northern States, not solely had been properties looted and destroyed however brazen requires a coup additionally hire the air.
Afenifere said that whereas democracy won’t but profit the nation, “it’s nonetheless the most effective in our present state of affairs due to its inherent traits of constructing the individuals the custodians of political mandate. Its elasticity nature permits varied tendencies to function so long as they accomplish that inside the ambit of the legislation.
“This can be a far cry from what’s obtainable beneath a army authorities. So, allow us to give it an opportunity”.
