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Togolese Nationals In Lagos Demand End To President Faure’s Govt
Togolese nationals in Lagos,Nigeria have called for the removal of the Togolese President, Faure Eyadema.
The protesters, who carried banners with different inscriptions, said that Eyadema must be stopped from pursuing a fourth term in Togo.
They called for the intervention of African leaders and the international community, especially the Economic Community of West African States.
The men and women,marched in their national colours, at the ECOWAS office at Onikan, Lagos Island, where their leader, Dr Kossi Sama, read and delivered the protest letter.
Sama, who is the General Secretary of the Pan-African National Party, traced the country’s history to April 27, 1960, when Togo attained its independence.
He explained that former President, Gnassingbe Eyadema, participated in several coups, which led to his installation as president in 1967.
He was said to have started a one-party system.
The Togolese said in 1990, the people’s agitation for democracy was partially realised with the introduction of a constitution in October 1992, which stipulated a five-year term for a president, with a maximum of two tenures.
He said the constitution was violated as Gnassingbe spent 38 years in power and handed over to his son, Faure, in 2005, after several unilateral reviews of the constitution.
Sama said that the Togolese people in August 2017 took to the streets to clamour for the return of the 1992 constitution.
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After a dialogue with the authorities, mediated by ECOWAS, he said a harmonised constitution and a road map were proposed.
Both recommendations were allegedly rejected by the government.
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