Nigerian online activist, Martins Vincent Otse otherwise known as VeryDarkman, has accused Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of trying to bully protesters in the FCT.
VeryDarkman, who joined the #EndBadGovernance protest on the 2nd day, raised alarm when police officers used tear gass to disperse protesting youths at the Berger Roundabout in Abuja.
Speaking on Friday, the influencer also urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address Nigerians amid the ongoing protest across the country.
“Government should address us, Tinubu should address us. Wike this is not the Nigeria we want. We are not fighting anybody. See what your boys are doing. It is our right to protest… Wike is trying to bully us and it is not fair,” he said in a trending video.
Wike had on Thursday night urged protesters to obey the court order but leaders of the protesters claimed they had not been served with a copy of the order.
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Meanwhile, in related news…
Archbishop Princewilll Ariwodor has asked President Bola Tinubu to honourably step down if he has no solution to the country’s economic challenges.
The cleric and professor also cautioned Government against any attempt to scare citizens from holding peaceful protest, describing such as an ambush against democracy.
Ariwodor said; “We have never experienced this level of decay in the economic management of this country. Other leaders were in one way or the other better than the current Government.
“Tinubu should resign if he is unable to fix the economy. The Nigeria economy was far better before he took over. Buhari handed over to him a better economy which he has now destroyed.
“But his allies and psych0paths don’t tell him the truth. Nigerians are suffering, there is no pretense. Nigerians are hungry and have the constitutional right to express their grievances through peaceful protest. The people are not violent, so, why will you apply force against peaceful protesters?
“Why will you flog people and ask them not to cry? You are flogging the nation and shouldn’t ask the people not to cry. Government should listen to public opinions. Pressure groups, provided they are not violent, make Governments to sit up.”
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