Protest: APC support groups warn against anarchy
The Confederation of All Progressives Congress Support Groups (CASG) has said that the planned nationwide protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration over the state of the nation may lead to anarchy and should be discarded. The Director General of CASG, Professor Muhammad Kailani, also said on Thursday at a media briefing in Abuja that […]
The Confederation of All Progressives Congress Support Groups (CASG) has said that the planned nationwide protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration over the state of the nation may lead to anarchy and should be discarded.
The Director General of CASG, Professor Muhammad Kailani, also said on Thursday at a media briefing in Abuja that the suspended former Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, should not have washed dirty linen in public.
He said that he was pained by lingering issues in the Nigerian political space, threatening to undermine the co-values of the nation’s political development.
“I genuinely accept and sympathise with my fellow countrymen and women in these unfortunate scenarios, to wit: soaring prices of food items, services, and goods across the country. As a democrat, I also accept the feelings of Nigerians, mostly the downtrodden, whose meagre economic demand power has not been able to cope with the development.
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“This is why the CASG strongly stands against any ill-advised group of persons or individuals to organize and stage a nationwide protest against the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under any guise, because it is a distraction that is loaded with landmines that should be avoided,” Kailani said.
He warned that no nation in the world has survived an uncoordinated nationwide protest because it will plunge the nation into chaos, as can be seen in Kenya, which is struggling to survive one.
He said, “Nigeria cannot afford that experience at this critical moment. We have not forgotten the EndSars painful memory. Therefore, we should not indulge ourselves in an untimely protest that has the potential and attraction of being hijacked by hoodlums, political jobbers, and losers.
“We have not forgotten the looting syndrome that normally characterise protests in Nigeria.
“After all, President Tinubu has a listening ear. In the wake of these, he has dispatched 20 trucks of rice to each of the 36 states, including Abuja. We are appealing to the state governors and the Minister of the FCT to ensure that the commodity is not diverted to political cronies and relatives but reaches the down-trodden masses for which it is intended.”
Speaking on the sanctions meted out to the former Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, Kailani said that the ranking lawmaker remains a member of the APC, the CASG, and an ally of President Tinubu, but should have been more circumspect in his grievances due to the important position he occupied in the country.
“He (Ndume) said some things because he cannot see Mr. President, which, as an elder statesman, he should not have said publicly. If he cannot see the president today, he can see him another time. He should not have washed dirty linen in public,” Kailani said.