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#EndBadGovernance Protests: Ezekwesili Slams Tinubu Over Arraignment Of Malnourished Minors
A former Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili, has called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to immediately stop the “wicked prosecution” of minors and send them back to their parents and guardians
Ezekwesili, an Economic and Public Policy Expert and Senior Economic Adviser to the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative, also demanded that adequate compensations should be paid to the minors who have been detained for months for the roles in the August #EndBadGovernance protests.
The former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) warned President Tinubu that no ruler has ever won against their people
Ezekwesili, who was reacting to the arraignment of minors detained for about three months for merely exercising their constitutionally guaranteed rights to protests, described Nigerian leaders as wicked.
“When those children came out to protest, asking you to #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria, they were telling you the ‘Truth and nothing but the Truth,’” she said, adding that no one can ever solve a problem they deny exists.
The former Vice President of World Bank’s Africa Region, who took to her X handle, wrote a message addressed to President Tinubu.
She said, “Here is the sordid evidence of the @NigeriaGov punishing your citizens for daring to tell you the truth of #BadGovernance by your administration.
“No one can ever solve a Problem they deny and refuse to own. No one.
“Agitation to #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria is shared by overwhelming majority of your citizens. For real.”
She questioned the government’s legal action against the defendants, asking how many Nigerians it can take to court.