HUNGER: NIGERIA MILITARY WARN ORGANISERS OF PLANNED PROTEST AGAINST ANY FORM OF VIOLENCE
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The military has cautioned protest organizers against using any kind of violence before the country’s scheduled nationwide demonstration against economic hardship.
At a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Major General Edward Buba, the Director of Defence Media Operations, issued a warning, saying that the military would not permit chaos to descend upon Nigeria.
He made hints that the upcoming event’s organizers want to mimic the most recent protest that descended into chaos in Kenya, an East African nation.
General Buba stated that while people are free to air their complaints, violent demonstrations or assemblies will not be tolerated by the military.
He added that the military has uncovered plots by unscrupulous elements to hijack the protest and turn it into a violent one by attacking innocent Nigerians and their businesses.
“While citizens have the right to peaceful protest, they do not have the right to mobilise for anarchy and unleash terror.
“It is easy to see that the contemporary context of the planned protest is to shadow the outrage in Kenya which I must say is violent and remains unresolved,” he said.
“The level of violence being envisaged can only be described as a stage for anarchy.
“The Armed Forces on its part will not stand by and allow anarchy to befall our nation. This is because we have seen wars and have witnessed anarchy in countries with which we have operated, particularly in times of ECOMOG (Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group) and during our peacekeeping operations in various countries.
He claimed that some people have fantasies about war, believing it to be like watching a movie, but they are unable to comprehend the devastation that war causes.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), governors, and President Bola Tinubu have all urged Nigerians to postpone the “EndBadGovernance” demonstration that is scheduled for next month.
All of the Federation’s states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are expected to participate in the protest against economic hardship that is gaining popularity on social media in August. The protest’s organizers have chosen to remain anonymous.
Prices of food and basic commodities have gone through the roof in the last months, as Nigerians battle one of the country’s worst inflation and economic crisis sparked by the government’s twin policies of petrol subsidy removal and unification of forex windows.
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