President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s invitation for discussion has been turned down by the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria demonstrators. As per The Guardian’s story, the demonstrators denounced the President’s national speech, calling it a “exercise in deceit.” Protest organizer Taiwo Hassan Soweto voiced his indignation about the president’s allegations of sponsorship during a press conference in Ojota, Lagos. He asserted that the demonstrators understand their own difficulties with hunger and adversity and are not idiots.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Soweto dismissed the president’s offer of dialogue, citing the continued killings and arrests of protesters by security forces.
He mentioned the abduction of Comrade Adaramoye Michael, National Coordinator of Take It Back, and two others by the DSS, whose whereabouts remain unknown.
The protesters are demanding the immediate dismissal of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and all those responsible for the killings.
Soweto sarcastically suggested that the president should assemble the corpses of the fallen heroes in a conference room for dialogue.
He said, “The National Coordinator, Take It Back, Comrade Adaramoye Michael, was abducted alongside two others by the DSS, and we don’t know their whereabouts. So, a government that wants to dialogue and continues killing and arresting is not ready for dialogue.
“If President Tinubu is ready for dialogue, he has the right to assemble the corpses of our fallen heroes in a conference room and dialogue with them.”
Amid the ongoing hunger protest, the President had addressed the nation, saying his government would not allow individuals with political agenda to tear down the country.
He said that Nigeria’s economy is recovering, and cautioned the protesters not to shut down its oxygen.
But the protesters had returned to Ojota hours after the president’s address, saying that the President’s speech did not address the concerns of the protesters.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
