Shehu Sani, former lawmaker
representing Kaduna central senatorial district, says the All Progressives
Congress (APC) administration which describes itself as progressive, should
have no fear of revolution.
The senator said this while
reacting to the police clampdown on protesters across the country on Monday.
Many Nigerians in various states
had trooped out to participate in the protests organised by the “RevolutionNow”
movement to “kick against bad governance” in the country.
The police, however, arrested
many of them, while others were dispersed.
Reacting via statement, Sani said
the reported maltreatment of protesters undermines the values and principles of
Nigeria’s democracy.
The senator said such treatment
is endangering the nation’s democracy which he said is a product of the
“culture and history of protest.”
“It is ironic that the very
political class that the people to a stream of protest when they were in the
opposition have now resorted to undermining and crippling the very democratic
instruments they once so cherished,” he said.
“The protester is the pillar and
the beam of democracy. The fear of revolution is the beginning of the
revolution. he protester is the pillar and the beam of democracy. A political
class that calls itself progressive should have no fear of Revolution.”
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