Protest: Let’s Not Push Nigeria To the Brink

Ayudantes Empowerment Initiative charged Nigerians against putting the country on the brink.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Non-Governmental Organization, Ayudantes Empowerment Initiative, AEI, has urged Nigerians to put an end to the ongoing nationwide protest to avoid pushing the nation to the brink.

The Executive Director of AEI, Mr Amechi Oyema, made the call while briefing newsmen on the security implications of the protest, on Monday in Abuja.

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He said that some strange unfolding developments were noticed in the course of the protest, where some people were flying the flags of a foreign government calling on that nation to come and take over Nigerian government.

This, he described as treasonable offence, adding that the group was being forced to believe that those that have been fueling security challenges in some parts of the country were at work.

“Like every other well-meaning organisations, we are appealing to Nigerians to put an end to the protests and the carnage that we have seen in some states of the country.

“The carnage is enough reason to justify why an appeal was made for us not to proceed on the protests.

“Lives have been lost, while property and businesses running into billions of Naira have been destroyed by miscreants who see the protests as opportunity to perpetuate evil,” he said.

“Recall that one of the earliest supporters of the protest, Human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has asked youths to suspend the demonstrations and embrace dialogue with the government,” he said.

Oyema quoted Adegboruwa as saying, “though the intention of the organisers was to achieve peaceful and well-coordinated protests, it would seem that fifth columnists and some angry persons infiltrated the ranks of the protesters to derail their laudable mission”.

He expressed confidence that the security agencies would fish out all those involved in the unfortunate situation.

According to him, the evil-minded individuals have fueled the present protest and it is obvious they don’t mean well for our country.

“At a time our security agencies, especially the Armed forces of Nigeria are engaged in military operations in different parts of the country, this evil people are more interested in deepening the challenges.

“We must not push Nigeria to the brink.

“We want to sincerely commend the armed forces under the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, for the way the military has handled the crisis.