Dumebi Kachikwu, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in 2023, has asked protesters to halt their demonstrations.
In a statement in Abuja on Sunday, Kachikwu said the protest
needs to end because innocent people are being killed.
At least 14 people have reportedly lost their lives in the
course of the demonstrations against Nigeria’s economic crisis.
Kachikwu said President Bola Tinubu should stop acting like
he could fix the country by himself.
The former ADC presidential candidate said even the
opposition is not providing solutions to the challenges confronting the
country.
“We can’t continue killing ourselves. Our streets flow with
the blood of the innocent. Over 19 killed in this scam of a protest, all for
what? No child of any politician or big man was killed,” Kachikwu said.
“We as leaders need to come to a table of equity, justice
and fairness to address the plight of the downtrodden immediately.
“It is not Tinubu’s
problem alone and Tinubu must stop acting like he can do it all by himself. He
must show leadership and reach out across party lines to get the best and the
brightest to a solution roundtable.
“The job of the opposition now is to oppose and propose but
what we are doing is only opposing without providing any solutions to our
problems.
“Watch any advanced democracy and see how the opposition
behaves. They have their stand and solution on all issues, and they will debate
you night and day. But here, all we want to do is abuse Tinubu without offering
any concrete solutions.
“We protested SARS arresting so called Yahoo boys and our
youths on trumped up charges. Who are we deceiving? For how long will we keep
on being mediocre about our civic duties?
“If you hate Tinubu
so much, then pressure the national assembly to remove him or wait till the
next elections. But heating up the polity for the last one year and attempting
to remove a democratically elected government through the back door is no
different from a coup.”
Kachikwu added that the federal government could maintain
paying subsidy on premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, but must
ensure that it is free of fraud.
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