- By Halimah Olamide
Convener of the Revolution Now Movement, Omoyele Sowore has listed President Bola Tinubu as leading the pack of those who are indeed inciting Nigerians to revolt.
Sowore, in a long list of those he accused of being the ones causing Nigerians to revolt, also named the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC Limited Mele Kyari and the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede.
His list is coming hours after the presidency accused the presidential candidate of the Labour Party Mr. Peter Obi of being the one inciting Nigerians to protest over the country’s economic hardships.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, had pointed accusing fingers to Obi saying the LP chieftain and his supporters should be held responsible for any protest in the country.
Obi has denied any involvement in planning protests.
His media desk on Saturday said the accusation coming from the presidency is a plot to clamp down on Obi and his supporters.
The Labour Party also said that the allegation by Onanuga was baseless.
See the full list of those Sowore accused of inciting Nigerians with their actions:
This is the list of those inciting the public to riot, they are as follows:
1. Ahmed Bola Tinubu: For engaging in massive corruption, election rigging, and destroying the middle and lower class by terrible economic policy decisions since coming to oower may 29th 2023.
2. Senator Akpabio and House of Reps Speaker for leading the most useless Senate and HOR.
3. Yemi Cardoso- CBN Gov/ for destroying the value of the Naira.
4. IG of Police, Egbetokun: for reducing the police to a corrupt and irredeemable national institution. 5. Chairman of EFCC: For letting corruption flourish by ignoring real financial criminals while going after inconsequential low-level crooks.
6. GMD of NNPC: for stealing over $3.8 billion through subsidy scam.
7. The Chief of the Nigeria Army: For conniving with bandits and terrorists through outright sabotage of national security.
8. The Chief of the Nigerian Navy for conniving with crude oil thieves to deny Nigerians of crude sales and revenue.
9. The Comptroller General of Customs for conniving with cross-border criminals to deny Nigeria billions of dollars in excise and duties. 10. The judges who receive bribes to pervert the course of justice across our courtrooms.
11. Chairman, @inecnigeria for organizing the unconscionable elections that brought all these criminals into power.
ADD YOURS! BUT WE ARE NOT RIOTING, WE JUST WANT A REVOLUTION! NO GOING BACK!
There are fears over an impending nationwide protest over the worsening economic crisis in the country.
Most biting of the crisis is the price of foods which have shot up and beyond the reach of many.
Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics, a government-owned agency, are not indicating the health of the economy.
However the presidency has continued to assure it is putting in place measures to curb food inflation and end economic hardships.