Lawyer Labels Nationwide Meeting as ‘Political Bandits’ Over Teargas Assault on Protesters

Deji Adeyanju, activist and lawyer, on Tuesday described the Godswill Akpabio-led Nationwide Meeting as “political bandits,” claiming the legislature doesn’t act within the curiosity of Nigerians.

Adeyanju spoke throughout an interview whereas reacting to the tear gassing of protesters by the police on the Nationwide Meeting.

“It’s very ironic {that a} group supporting the Nationwide Meeting’s actions was not teargassed. Professional-government protesters on the EFCC weren’t teargassed, but the anti-government group on the Nationwide Meeting, advocating in opposition to handbook transmission of outcomes, had been focused,” Adeyanju stated.

He emphasised that peaceable protest is a elementary human proper. “Protest will not be against the law. I don’t perceive why there could be a response involving pressure so long as persons are peaceable and observe authorized procedures.

“Our legal guidelines already present for escalation provided that a protest turns right into a riot,” he added.

Adeyanju additionally defined why he himself was not protesting. “The one purpose I’m not on the streets now’s as a result of people like Akpabio are accountable for the Nationwide Meeting.

“I can not, in good conscience, demand they do the fitting factor after I know they lack the character to take action,” he stated.

He concluded by reiterating his criticism: “This present Nationwide Meeting are political bandits. They don’t have the curiosity of Nigerians at coronary heart.”