Aug.1 protest: Abuja aborigines urge promoters to embrace dialogue

Stories by Stanley Onyekwere

Some FCT original inhabitants under the aegis of the Abuja Aborigines Network (AAN) have admonished promoters of the much anticipated August 1 nationwide protest against bad governance to embrace  dialogue instead of storming or occupying the streets, to express their grievances.

AAN  said it joined other Nigerians in condemning the planned protests on behalf of its 6,000 members, who are ready to resist the protest, because it was calculated to cause anarchy and make FCT and Nigeria at large ungovernable.

President of the Network, Dr. Donald Amagbo, who spoke on the sideline of an FCT stakeholders’ town hall meeting, organised on Saturday by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike at the FCDA conference hall, Abuja, pledged their support for relevant agencies in the maintenance of peace and order in Abuja.

Amagbo hailed Wike for introducing reforms in the FCT Administration, and for transforming the nation’s capital withing less than 12 months into his reign as FCT Minister.

He said: “We hereby condemn in totality and are ready to resist the planned protest designated to take place in some landmark cities in Nigeria, including Abuja.

“Our investigations have confirmed that the protest is aimed at causing anarchy and making Nigeria ungovernable as a failed state hence we (Abuja Aborigines Network) herrby pledge to support security agencies to fish out all undesirable elements that may wish to high-jack the protests.

“Yes, we also fee the pains but dialogue should be the best way out, therefore our members will resist the protest because we don’t want the ensuing unrest that will distract the FCT from the good work he’s in the nation’s capital.”