Nigeria is back to Abacha era- Adeyanju

One of the leaders of The #RevolutionNow protesters, Deji Adeyanju revealed that Nigeria as a country is now back to the former military Head of state, Sani Abacha era where bad governance, lack of infrastructure, extrajudicial activities, and poverty is second to none.

Adeyanju who escaped arrest by whisker on Wednesday, while speaking, alleged that over 62 protesters were arrested so far.

At about 10 am after protesters were dispersed at earlier scheduled venue Unity Fountain by the combined team of police, Army, Air force, and some paramilitary personnel.

The protester thereafter, re-converged at the Berger roundabout in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to pass their message; demanding President Muhammadu Buhari resignation.

According to the Adeyanju: “We are back to the Abacha days and this is most unfortunate. We are back to time again in our national life when the government of the day has criminalized peaceful protests.

“Today we witnessed flogging, beating, harassing and arresting of peaceful protesters in the nation’s capital by a joint task force of security agencies.

“Many of us begin to wonder if this is what our democracy has come to be. It is most regrettable and unfortunate.

“But this is the sad and painful reality that we have found ourselves today. Alas, this is where we are as a nation,” Adeyanju said.

Speaking also, one of the Lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesin said: “Our demand today is that there is need for us to have a conscious political revolution.

“There is a need for us to have a change in leadership. There is a need for us to have people who have a clear focus, who have the passion and the welfare of the interest of the people. This cannot be achieved by the political conglomeration of charlatans in authority.

“There is a need for us to allow people who are determined and who have the interest of the people to take over leadership and that is why we are saying no to APC, no to PDP and no to all the rascals in political authority.

“I want to call on all Nigerians that nobody should feel so comfortable in their bedrooms. Nobody should feel so comfortable in their houses, because this country is not safe, this country is not secure. Nobody is secure.

 “Even in Nigeria today police and soldiers are not secured. Even today, Generals cannot walk alone on the street.

” I want us to know that if we don’t take our future in our hands if we don’t take our destiny in our hands, this country would continue to remain like this.

“There is no single sector in the Nigerian social system that is working today. If you look at the educational system, it is in shambles, if you look at the economy, it is in a total mess.

“This is because we have people who lack focus, who lack direction, who lack sympathy and who are selfish in positions of authority and that is why I myself as a legal practitioner, as someone who believes in the Revolution Now struggle has come out to identify with this cause” he said.