At a press conference on Monday at the APC national secretariat in Abuja, Alphonsus Ogar Eba, chairman of the Cross River State chapter and Secretary of the APC States Chairmen Forum, revealed that the planned 10-day #EndBadGovernance protest aims to undermine Tinubu's government.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) state chairmen from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have vowed to safeguard President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration against attempts to destabilise it through protests.
Joined by his colleagues, Eba warned that violent protests would be counterproductive. The chairmen pledged to remain vigilant and proactive in countering any actions that could disrupt governance or incite unrest.
They announced that all party structures, from the ward level to the national level, would be mobilised between July 29 and August 11, 2024, to highlight President Tinubu's commendable projects and programs.
Eba stated that they “will not sit idly by and let undemocratic forces undermine the government we worked tirelessly to elect.” He added, “Allowing such a scenario would be a disservice to the Nigerian people who entrusted us with this mandate.”
For the next two weeks, starting from Monday, July 29, the APC will embark on solidarity rallies involving all party structures across political wards, LGAs, states, and the FCT. The campaign will culminate on August 11, aiming to re-echo the laudable projects and programs of President Tinubu with greater vigor.
Eba noted that while protest is a constitutional right, “security reports have shown that it is counterproductive to embark on this protest at this time, as there are sinister arrangements by some unpatriotic persons to hijack the protest for the sole purpose of unleashing nefarious agenda to perpetrate violence and indulge in high-level criminality reminiscent of the 2020 EndSARS protest and the recent experience in Kenya.”
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