Tunde Bakare, pastor of the
Latter Rain Assembly, says Nigerians can shut down the government as a result
of herdsmen killings in recent times.
Bakare spoke on the sidelines of
“the real cost of subsidy”, an event organised by Enough is Enough, a coalition
of youth advocacy groups.
He said the order by the
inspector general of police for vigilante groups and weapon-bearing individuals
to surrender “illegal firearm” should apply to all including the herdsmen.
“This is why I said this
government is compromised completely,” he said.
“If you are making such a rule,
let it be a statute of general application, let it apply to all. Nigerians to
wake up, shine their eyes and put their own destinies into their hands. They
should fight for themselves. There are several ways to do it. Civil unrest is
one of them, protest is another. We (Nigerians) can shut this government down.
We have the numbers and we will show them that we have done it before and we
will do it again.”
Bakare also accused the Buhari
administration of mismanaging fuel subsidy, saying it refused to deregulate the
downstream sector of the oil industry at the expense of Nigerians.
“Show me in the world, any
civilised society or any nation that is developed where government does
business,” he said.
“Government job is to create
enabling environment for business to thrive and flourish. Government job is to
set policy. In Nigeria, the sleaze they get from it (subsidy) is why they are
not letting go. There is only one word for either this government or any
government, Buhari inclusive: let him that stole steal no more.”
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