JULY 31, 2013
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha
Human rights organisations, under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Societies, on Tuesday stormed the office of the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, to protest against the crisis in Rivers State House of Assembly and the release of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha from prison.
According to the groups,both the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and RSHA crises are “poisonous” to the nation’s democracy.
Inscribed on the placard carried by the protesters were ‘Save Rivers State from anarchy; ‘No state of emergency in Rivers State’; ‘Enough is enough in Rivers State’; ‘No to Goodluck Jonathan impunity’; ‘No dictatorship in the land’;and ‘Political mathematics: 16 is greater than 5’, among others.
Coordinator of the coalition, Mr. Raji Rasheed, described the situation in Rivers State as “a state of anarchy” and warned against attack on the country’s democracy.
He said, “The NGF issue should not be allowed to degenerate beyond what it is to a state of anarchy. It should be resolved in the fairest manner. Our democracy needs help and prevention from risks because many people sacrificed their lives for it. We don’t want anybody to truncate our democracy.”
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