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Protest Is Your Right – Atiku Backs Nigerians

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Last updated: 2024/07/23 at 8:04 PM
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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to exercise their rights to protest against economic hardship in the country.

Protest Is Your Right - Atiku Backs Nigerians

The former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate said the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) guaranteed citizens the right to protest peacefully.

In a statement on Tuesday, Atiku Abubakar said the accusation and threat from the Presidency that some persons were behind the protest was an exercise in futility.

Recall that Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, had accused former presidential candidate of the Labour Party – Peter Obi, and his supporters of being responsible for the August slated protest.

There have also been other indirect threats from the Presidency to Nigerians concerning the protest tagged “End bad Governance”.

Atiku, in his reaction, said, “For the avoidance of doubt, the rights of citizens to protest are enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution and affirmed by our courts. Section 40 of the 1999 Constitution (as altered) unequivocally guarantees the right to peaceful assembly and association.

“Chasing shadows and contriving purported persons behind the planned protests is an exercise in futility when it is obvious that Nigerians, including supporters of Tinubu and the ruling APC, are caught up in the hunger, anger, and hopelessness brought about by the incompetence and cluelessness of this government.”

Nigeria’s former vice president, also, recalled that President Tinubu, his supporters and his party, All Progressives Congress (APC) led a protest in 2012 against the government of former president, Goodluck Jonathan.

Atiku warned the federal government that any attempt to suppress the rights of citizens to protest in August would be seen as direct affront to Nigeria’s democracy.

“It is deeply ironic that those who now seek to stifle these rights were themselves leading protests in 2012. A responsible government must ensure a safe and secure environment for citizens to exercise their constitutionally guaranteed rights to peaceful protest.

Any attempt to suppress these rights is not only unconstitutional but a direct affront to our democracy,” Atiku said.



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