RevolutionNow: Groups, others fume as Presidency calls protests child’s play, irritation
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During the protests, no fewer than 91 members of the group were arrested in the FCT, Lagos, Osun and Ogun states.The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday.He said, “Well, was it really a protest? By my estimation, it just seemed like a child’s play because protests by their very nature are spontaneous things, mass things. These are just a sprinkle of people trying to be funny.
“A revolution is something that turns the normal order. What happened yesterday, would you call it a revolution? It was just an irritation, just an irritation and some people want to cause an irritation in the country and what I will say is when things boil over, they boil over because you continue to heat them. When you see pockets of heating up in the country, eventually they culminate in a boiling over. So, Nigerians need to know that the country we get is what we use our hands to build.
Akinyode, who took part in the protests which were disrupted by security operatives, said the aim of the demonstration was to demand good governance, poverty eradication, a stop to the insecurity and many other issues.The lawyer said, “We have to forgive Mr Adesina and the Buhari government for all the things they speak. They don’t understand these things. They are bereft of the fundamental workings of democracy and the rule of law.
He said henceforth, the TV station must let him know who he is up against when next he is invited to a programme. Adeyanju said, “Did it mean that when Buhari protested in 2014, he too was also an irritant? People like Femi Adesina who found themselves in a position of power are already drunk after five years. These are the kind of people when they leave office, you wonder if they ever served in any capacity. He is blabbing.”A former Vice-President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Monday Ubani, in an interview with The PUNCH, described the Presidency’s reaction as insensitive.
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