The sacked chairman of the All Progressives Congress Caretaker Committee in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has rubbished the latest #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest, describing it as a riot.
Okocha spoke shortly after he led a pro-Tinubu assist rally below the auspices of Coalition of Renewed Hope Household in Rivers State’ in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
The rally noticed Okocha main youths who displayed placards with inscriptions in assist of Tinubu from the Polo Membership in GRA to Aba Street, right down to Isaac Boro Park, Financial institution Street, Moscow Street, and terminated on the Port Harcourt Polo Membership, the place he addressed the gathering.
The march brought about a slight site visitors jam at some routes within the metropolis as autos made detours and diverted to get to their respective locations.
Recall that Okocha, who following the sacking of his seven man CTC by a Rivers State Excessive Courtroom sitting in Port Harcourt which reinstated Chief Emeka Beke, a loyalist of the previous Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, had at a information briefing on Monday rejected the judgment delivered by Justice Sika Aprioku, saying the celebration is heading for attraction.
Addressing the gathering, he stated, “The group you see right here at their very own volition and freeness of coronary heart got here on this giant numbers, and also you noticed how peaceable the procession was. That is what we name a protest.
“We’re marching for Mr President. We wish to clear the rot that was typical from August 1 to August 10. We think about that in Rivers State, you all know you’re from right here. Rivers State has by no means been an epicentre for any protest or demonstrations.
“I used to be very energetic within the #Endsars protest. Did you see the SARS protest in Rivers State being as profuse and excruciating as what you noticed?
“So there have to be a cause. That cause is the truth that the person who funded, the person who sponsored, the person who held midnight conferences with youths, I refused to name them hoodlums, is the one individual that benefited from the ten days of inactivity in Nigeria, particularly in Rivers State.”
He took a swipe on the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for providing to offer protesters cash for bread whereas, in accordance with him, his counterparts have been assembly individuals from completely different walks of life and stakeholders to seek out options to urgent points.
Okocha stated, “And to additionally inform you, you noticed when the Governor stated that he would give them one thing for pure water and bread.
“When different governors in different states are circumspect. When governors in different states are busy assembly with all method and strata of individuals of their states, our personal governor drives freely to fee, I hear, or to attend the burial of any person’s mom in Khana.
Persevering with, Okocha known as for persistence, saying, “We imagine that Rome was not in-built a day. All that Mr. President is doing are futuristic programmes. The President has recognised the actual fact of what schooling can do for the individuals.”