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Prof. Utomi Calls On Nigerians To Resist Return To Dictatorship

Kennedy IgweBy Kennedy IgweAugust 19, 2020Updated:August 19, 2020No Comments2 Mins Read
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Prof. Pat Utomi, co-Chairman of the National Consultative Front (NCF), has called on Nigerians to resist a return to dictatorship.

Prof. Utomi stated that if Nigerian citizens could resist the military in past years, “surely, the people can resist civilians bound towards fascism”.

The NCF co-Chairman made the call in reaction to the recent separate invitation of Ghali Na’Abba, a former speaker of the House of representatives and co-chairman of the political movement and Obadiah Mailafia, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the Department of State Security (DSS).

While Na’Abba had made comments that seem critical of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, Mailafia claimed a Northern governor is a Boko Haram commander.

“My co-chair of the National Consultative Front, Mr. Ghali Na’Abba and Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, were invited by the Department of State Security, DSS, on account of remarks they made. For Dr. Mailafia, it was a second journey within a week, said Prof. Utomi.

“History shows us that such invitations bear ominous foreboding because freedom of expression is usually the first victim in the decent toward totalitarianism. Check the trends in the early days of Hitler’s East Germany.

“Much blood has been shed to prevent our country from undeserved fate of a totalitarian order. That blood flow includes that of General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, the annulment of the elections of June 12, 1993, and the life of Chief MKO Abiola, who we have come to honour posthumously, including many undergraduates, like Kyle Adepeju of the University of Ibadan 48 years ago. Adepeju was shot by the police and probably would have been a grandfather today. Should his grandchildren be denied the freedom he gave his life for?

“These security harassment of citizens exercising their fundamental human rights to express themselves and request accountability from those who ostensibly represent them are coming one month to the day the United Nations set aside, September 15, to mark the International Democracy Day, leads me to call on the global community, from the Secretary General of the United Nations, the prosecutors of the International Criminal Court, and our development partners to note development in Nigeria, and prepare to act appropriately.”

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