Occupy the Occupiers of Nigeria's governmental authority and political thuggery By Igene Tennyson Jnr  Posted Wed Jan 4,2012

Protesting Nigerians 

The current developing unrest in Nigeria is an undeniable and direct consequence of the ill-timed oil subsidy removal by President Goodluck Jonathan. In the growing number of protests erupting at this very moment, the federal government is dispatching the Nigerian police force to abuse its own citizens whose lives have been peppered with insecurity and corruption. 

Since the inception of the democratic era, May 29th, 1999, Nigerians have suffered grossly from political and economic policies that lack a human face. Unlike a nation that upholds the fundamental human rights of her citizenry, Nigeria oft directs the state's security arm, operated at the expense of tax-payers no less, to employ evil tactics aimed at muffling the voices of the oppressed majority. 

The gross methods employed by Nigeria’s leaders and security forces contradict the basic human rights enshrined in the nation’s constitution. It is thus the belief of a thriving mass that these machinations mock the very core of anything deemed democratic, whereby the voices of the people, whether whispers or roars, are to be heard and respected. 

The iron-fisted monologue of government to the people should transform into a sincere and honest dialogue between the two entities, lest both the international and national community shall fear a string of unyielding misfortunes. If the voices of the people continue to go ignored on the matter of this oil subsidy, not only will further heated polity by the Boko Haram militants occur, the helpless sons and daughters of Nigeria will also be left vulnerable to violent clashes, political and economic calamity, and most of all, total social breakdown.

On behalf of the deprived citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I hereby call upon the government of Nigeria to desist all use of tyrannical measures that compel the nation to lick the offensive spittle drooling out of Aso-Rock, and henceforth reverse its draconian decision to remove the oil subsidy. I conjointly call upon every able-minded man and woman of sound reasoning to publicly identify and condemn the flagrant abuses of power.

Concerned Nigerian

Igene Tennyson Jnr

Email: igenejunior@gmail.com