Posted by Amarachi on Fri 01st Nov, 2024 - tori.ng
In an open letter, Ezekwesili urged Tinubu to stop the prosecution of the minors and send the children back to their parents and ensure they are compensated for the physical, mental, emotional and overall psychological damage.
Oby Ezekwesili
Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu after some minors detained for three months for taking part in the #EndBadGovernance protests slumped in the courtroom after they arrived looking malnourished.
TORI reported that some minors were on Friday arraigned by the Nigeria Police for alleged treason. The minors were said to have been arrested by the Nigeria Police during the August hunger protest.
In an open letter via X, Ezekwesili criticized President Bola Tinubu for punishing its citizens for daring to tell him the truth about bad governance by his administration.
Ezekwesili asserted that Nigerian political leaders have serially failed the “test of leadership” because they act as wicked rulers who feel entitled to the “publicly-funded luxurious life” while repressing and pauperizing the citizens.
She also urged Tinubu to stop the prosecution of the minors and send the children back to their parents and ensure they are compensated for the physical, mental, emotional and overall psychological damage.
She wrote: “LETTER TO @officialABAT 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. How many of your Citizens can you take to court like done to these minors? How many of your Citizens can you detain and deprive of their freedoms like done to these minors?
“Hear me. No ruler has ever won against their people forever. Check history. Note that I wrote ruler and not leader. The repressive class of politicians in Nigeria are not leaders. You all have serially failed the “test of leadership” because you act as wicked rulers who feel entitled to the “publicly-funded luxurious life” while repressing and pauperizing the citizens.
“Second, @officialABAT, the evident corrupted capture of our Judiciary by the @NigeriaGov is playing out daily on Candid Camera before the eyes of the world. The trial of these minors is one of many examples these days. Stop the wicked prosecution of these minors immediately and send the children back to their parents and guardians.
“Next, ensure that they are compensated for the physical, mental, emotional and overall psychological damage you have done to them by abusing the powers of the Nigerian State and grossly violating their constitutional rights.
“When those children came out to protest asking you to #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria, they were telling you the “Truth and nothing but the Truth”. I hope you start listening to what majority of your Citizens especially these children are telling you daily: “Ebi npawa” , “we are hungry”.”