The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has cautioned the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration against the indiscriminate arrest of labour leaders, activists, protesters and innocent citizens; because such arrests could throw the nation into chaos.
National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo
Ologunagba, gave the words of caution while reacting to the arrest and
detention of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe
Ajaero, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), yesterday.
The party also urged President Tinubu to channel his energy
towards addressing the nation’s rising inflation, poverty, and hunger and
improve security because this is what he was elected to do.
Ologunagba said, “There is a need for caution, there was a
protest in this country, but the government did not do anything.
“You arrest some people and say they were terrorists and you
charge them to court. You say some people were the sponsors of the protest.
” We know those who sponsored the protest. The sponsor is
hunger, the President and his people; arrest hunger and there will be no
protest.
“Let your draconian policies, that are bringing people to
their knees. This is the season school is resuming, we know what all of us are
going through for those who have pupils in school.
“You wake up one morning, you cannot plan because the
government is so insensitive and irresponsible, without consulting the National
Assembly and come up with policies that destroy the plan of the people, destroy
the opportunity to have what we call pursuit of happiness.”
The party’s spokesman said for the sake of emphasis,
government exists for the welfare and security of the people. He lamented that
under the present administration, none of these currently exists.
Speaking specifically on news of Ajaero’s detention, he
said, “This is a breaking story. Let us see, and hear what it is. We will find
out.
“Let the government face the welfare challenges of this
country, then there will be no protest.
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“Nobody cares who the president of this country is, if the
government provide us with the opportunity to pursue our own goals and
aspirations.
“So, we will as a party, find out, since this is breaking
and take it from there. Indeed if the government is about welfare and the
people are saying we are dying, it is sane to review those policies.
“Then you must show leadership by saying okay, you are
telling me to tighten my belt and you are buying new belt.
“This is a country that cannot pay N70,000 according to
them, minimum wage. But this is a country that can buy a 150 Million Dollar
plane.
“The President is trying to test how good it is and he is
flying everywhere. This is a country where you spend 21 billion naira to
renovate the Vice President’s House, this is a country where they have no money
according to them, but the President will buy a yacht.
“There is no water body in Abuja so for the president to get
to the yacht he will have to travel one hour to Lagos.
“The Yatch has a 24 Hours Security protection. Until we talk
about this issue. The president should know that when he is in a position, it
is in our interest that he succeeds.
“Because the success of the president is our success. Nobody
wishes him a failure, but if his decisions are such that it is causing
Nigerians pain, we will speak.
“We know the reality of Nigeria, with its constraints of
tribe and ethnicity, but it pales into insignificance with the reality of
Nigerians. People are dying every day and you know that.”
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