APC has accused opposition parties in the country of sponsoring the protests that took place simultaneously in Kano and Niger States on Monday.
By Emma Ogbuehi
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused opposition parties in the country of sponsoring the protests that took place simultaneously in Kano and Niger States on Monday.
The allegation comes barely 24 hours after angry youths and women took to the streets of Minna and Kano to protest what they described as the rising cost of living in the country.
APC in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, in Abuja on Tuesday, alleged that the protests were parts of desperate moves by the opposition to portray the Bola Tinubu-led administration as underperforming.
It added that the protest marches taking place simultaneously in Minna and Kano same day, were not coincidental but manifestation of devious and unpatriotic plots by the opposition to instigate unrest and undermine the government.
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The statement read, “The protests in Minna and Kano on Monday were the manifestation of this devious and unpatriotic plot. That the protests happened simultaneously in both cities is not coincidental. It bears the bold stamp of an orchestrated and coordinated effort to instigate unrest and undermine the government.
“This mercenary opposition tactic is a clear and present threat to public peace and national security.
“While we recognise the right of citizens to engage in peaceful protest, we urge our good people to be vigilant and not lend themselves to the treacherous attempt by the opposition to promote social strife by its incendiary rhetoric and manipulative plots.
“The President Bola Tinubu-led administration is solidly committed to doing everything in its power to mitigate the transient pains of critically important reforms that are crucial to economic recovery and sustainable prosperity for all Nigerians.
“It behooves us as good citizens of our beloved country to stand fast with our government in this noble stride. In due time, these policy reforms will yield an enduring beneficial transformation of the material conditions of life in the country.
“We implore Nigerians to shun the guile and unpatriotic attempt by opposition elements to destabilize the country for their own base and parochial political gains.”
Angry youths and women had on Monday, taken to the streets of Minna and Kano to protest what they described as the rising cost of living in the country. In Niger, a group of women blocked the ever-busy Minna-Bida Road at the popular Kpakungu Roundabout and called on the administration of President Bola Tinubu to address the problem of ‘hunger in the land.’
Attempts by security operatives to quell the protest by firing tear gas cannisters into the crowd and making some arrests were rebuffed by the mob.