Spokesperson of the coalition, Nelson Ekujumi, made this known at a news conference on Monday in Lagos State.
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According to the press statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by the executive director of the organization, Nelson Ekujumi, “Without mincing words, we find it repugnant to logic and rationality that persons and interests can be justifying the provocative, reckless and security threat conduct of the estate security guards in delaying access to the CP on the grounds that the estate is a private one and that the CP was on a private visit”.
But lo and behold, the protesters turned a deaf ear to the call for dialogue from the Federal Government and well meaning Nigerians and groups who originally bought into the ideals of the agitations and started shifting the goal post in the middle of the game by coming up with new demands to the authorities, which pointed to the fact that the protest as genuine as it seemed, had now transformed into the Biblical hand of Esau, but the voice of Jacob
While the injured and those who have lost their loved ones and private properties count their losses, bear and nurse the immeasurable pain and trauma, the government and the citizenry are yet to come to terms with the level of destruction and sacrilege committed in the guise of a supposed peaceful protest.
The State Government, following a judgment of the Court of Appeal, which upheld its powers to legislate on intra-inland waterways within the State, had called on operators in the sector, especially dredgers and boat operators, to comply with relevant laws governing their operations, failure of which sanction would apply
However, just like millions of Nigerians, I was amused by your usual attempt to assault the intelligence of discerning Nigerians through your statement titled “I stand with Nigeria” but who can see clearly through your deceits and distractions from the ghosts of Ekitigate and Dasukigate, which one believes are responsible for your continuous desecration of the exalted office of a governor conducts and will perpetually haunt you until they are exorcised through genuine repentance, confessions of your roles and conviction by a court of law for assaulting democracy and violating the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
From the schedule of his tour and statements made, any reasonable person could see clearly that the purpose of the trip was focused primarily on terrorism and corruption and that Mr. Kerry came purposely on a familiarization visit and to have a one to one interaction with traditional and political leadership of the areas ravaged by terrorist activities
Successive governments over the years have always mouthed strong campaigns against corruption but were too weak to take drastic and concrete action against this hydra headed monster which has the capacity to kill the Nigerian state with the way the country was being run