Secondus urged protesters to remain organised and peaceful, while calling on the government and security agencies to provide the necessary security environment to ensure peace and order.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has expressed support for the planned #EndBadGovernance protest in Nigeria, scheduled to begin on Thursday, August 1, 2024.
In a statement signed by his media aide, Ike Abonyi, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, Secondus reminded the President that he was supportive of protests against government when he was in the opposition, and should therefore not take a different position now.
He noted, “President Tinubu while in opposition was a notable arrowhead leading protests against the government.”
While noting that peaceful protests will help in addressing Nigeria’s current challenges, he stated, “The state of anomie where we find ourselves today as a country incrementally worsened because the citizens failed in their duty to hold governments at all levels accountable.”
He continued, “This protest should not be discouraged. Protests remain the most potent democratic platform through which the consciousness of nations can be aroused and indeed the consciousness of the leadership elite can be nudged and compelled to act right in the interest of citizens.”
“This is not the time to sweep issues under the carpet; it is the time to speak truth to power and awaken our collective conscience so that we can work together to build a better society,” the statement added.
Secondus urged protesters to remain organised and peaceful, while calling on the government and security agencies to provide the necessary security environment to ensure peace and order by international law and the Nigerian Constitution.