Based on a post by 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, extending his “sincere condolences”, casualties have already been recorded in the ongoing nationwide protests and its just gone for two (2) days.
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| Human Rights Lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, with protesters at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos, on Friday 2 August, 2024. In the photo, a protester lifts high a banner which says “join the movement to fight for a better Nigeria”. Photo: @InibeheEffiong |
The nationwide protests started on Thursday 1 August, 2024.
The former Governor of Anambra State wrote, “I wish to most sincerely pass my condolences to the families of all those who lost their lives in the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests.”
He prayed, “I do hope that their legitimate demands, within the law, will not go unanswered”, and assured, “I will continue to urge the protesters to be of good behaviour and remain peaceful in their actions”.
Obi wrote: “I wish to most sincerely pass my condolences to the families of all those who lost their lives in the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests. I deeply mourn these brothers and sisters of ours, who have lost their lives in their struggle for a better nation.
“I do hope that their legitimate demands, within the law, will not go unanswered. I will continue to urge the protesters to be of good behaviour and remain peaceful in their actions.
“I encourage them to shun every form of violence, as we cannot build a new nation by destroying what we already have. I also call on the security agencies to remain civil in their security of lives and property in the ongoing protests.
“I sincerely believe in my heart that Nigeria will in the future rise, and the issues of hunger, poverty, insecurity, corruption, and mismanagement of public funds, will be confined to the past.
“Then, Nigeria will be one of the exemplary countries on earth, leading in human and national development. May God grant eternal rest to the dead and grant quick recovery to the injured. A New Nigeria remains POssible.”
