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Organizers of #EndBadGovernance protest are opportunists after political power —Omokri

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9 months ago

July 26, 2024

Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has denounced the organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests, saying they are opportunists who are after political power.

Omokri who made the assertion in a post on X on Friday, said the protests are not about the hardship in the country but about the selfish interests of the conveners who are desperate for power.

He cited some of the demands of the protest organizers which include an unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, wondering what that has got to do with the situation in the country.

“I have organised protests in Nigeria and abroad and can tell you that this current planned protest is not against economic hardship, as the organisers tell you,” Omokri wrote.

“Look at their demands. More than half of their demands are political. They have nothing to do with the economy. These people are opportunists. They are seeking to ride in (sic) the anger of some Nigerians to achieve their political ambitions.

“They should either start or join a political party and then use it to achieve their political agenda instead of claiming that they are protesting against hunger and hardship and then asking for the 1999 Constitution to be scrapped and the release of Nnamdi Kanu. What have those things got to do with hunger and hardship?

“How can you say I should support a protest where one of the demands is the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, a man who called for the destruction of Nigeria? That automatically means that by supporting this protest, I am also supporting the destruction of Nigeria.

“What about the hundreds of soldiers and police officers who were killed after Nnamdi Kanu released a video asking his supporters to kill soldiers and police? Who will protest for them?

“Tufiakwa with your protest!”

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