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Protest: Professor Olurode recommends creative, scientific approaches (Updated)
Protest: Professor Olurode recommends creative, scientific approaches (Updated)
A retired professor of political sociology at the University of Lagos, Lai Olurode, has called on promoters of the planned nationwide protests to be creative in expressing their grievances rather than taking to rallies or public demonstrations that can turn violent or hijacked by criminals.
The professor, who is also a former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, made the suggestion in a statement against the fears of street protests becoming uncontrollably violent.
He recalled that civil protests became popular in the US in the early 1960s to register dissatisfaction with social discrimination against the minorities particularly the black and people of colour and women as well.
Protests, he added, had since then largely become a positive force in righting the prevalent social wrongs.
In the most civilised and democratic countries of the world, Olurode contended that ‘civil protests are rarely outlawed.
“Even, under dictatorships, protests, where they are forbidden, get smuggled into modes of registering dissatisfaction and social discontent with harsh government social policies. “Without street protests and marches, the military would have probably remained in power in most of the African countries.”
Olurode also said, “The most common form of civil protest in Nigeria is street protest or march.
“But Nigerians can be more creative by considering alternatives to street marches as forms of civil disobedience. If we go by previous experiences about the consequences and backlash of civil protests, the outcomes have not been salutary.
“The question then is why employ the same mode of behaviour that hadn’t produced any substantive outcome in the past?”
Olurode appealed for more creativity and reliance on science to decide on whether this pending protest should hold or not.
“I hereby advocate that those who have subscribed to the protest option to register their protest against hunger in the land through petitions or even boycott of government services in place of street protests.
“Without any doubt in the mind of many, the 2020 EndSars bloody protest left sour taste in the mouth. The scale of private and public destruction was massive.
“Though the protests led to the erasure of EndSars inscriptions on police vehicles, the protests by no means eliminated police ‘tollgates’ and the associated sharp practices. These gains got flattened in the midst of the losses of lives and property which followed the imbroglio.
“In the light of this, I appeal for caution on the resort to open protests. Let’s deploy more creative thoughts and scientific simplicity to feed our decisions.
“A desirable outcome is an improvement in Nigeria’s citizenship project which is achievable through alternatives to street protests or marches.
“Never must we allow opportunists whose narrow concern is to promote ethnic rather than class politics to take advantage of our innocent expressions of social discontent.”
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Lagos resident remanded in prison for illegal dumping of waste
Lagos resident remanded in prison for illegal dumping of waste
A Lagos resident, Olawale Ogunbadejo, has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre by a Magistrate’s Court for illegal waste disposal on a public road.
The court ordered his remand on Wednesday, pending a trial scheduled for June 26. This was disclosed on social media by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Senior Special Assistant on Print Media, Wale Ajetunmobi.
“Mr Olawale Ogunbadejo, caught disposing of refuse on the road, has just been remanded in Kiri-Kiri Prison by the Magistrate’s Court till June 26,” he wrote on X
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Ogunbadejo, who resides at No. 25, Ajiboye Street, Alapere, in the Ketu area of Lagos, was caught on camera on dumping waste on the Alapere Link Bridge on Wednesday, May 21.
The state government earlier on Wednesday called for help in locating Ogunbadejo and promised a reward for anyone that can help with useful information that can lead to his arrest.
He was later apprehended in a joint operation carried out by the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), also known as KAI.
Lagos resident remanded in prison for illegal dumping of waste
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Gunmen abduct medical doctor in Zamfara
Gunmen abduct medical doctor in Zamfara
In yet another troubling incident of insecurity in Nigeria’s northwest, gunmen have abducted Dr. Abdullahi Dangulbi, a medical doctor serving at the Anka General Hospital in Zamfara State.
The abduction was revealed on Thursday by security analyst Zagazola Makama via a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle.
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According to the report, Dr. Dangulbi was kidnapped around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday while traveling from Anka to the state capital, Gusau. He was reportedly ambushed by armed men at Tashar Kalgo village, just after Jangebe town in Talata Mafara Local Government Area.
So far, there has been no official statement from the authorities, and it remains unclear whether the kidnappers have established contact or made any ransom demands.
Gunmen abduct medical doctor in Zamfara
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Suspected herdsmen kill newlywed soldier, many others in Benue community
Suspected herdsmen kill newlywed soldier, many others in Benue community
A wave of sorrow has swept through Benue State following a deadly nighttime attack on Ikobi-Ochekwu community in Apa Local Government Area.
The brutal assault, carried out by suspected herdsmen late Wednesday night, left several residents dead—including a soldier who had reportedly just gotten married.
Eyewitness accounts reveal that the assailants stormed the village under the cover of darkness, unleashing hours of terror. Gunshots rang out as the attackers fired indiscriminately at helpless villagers. Homes were also set ablaze, leaving survivors devastated and homeless.
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A resident identified as Ochofie said that the village was caught completely off guard. “They came in the night, shooting everywhere and burning our homes. It was like a nightmare,” he said.
“In the early hours of Thursday, two more bodies were discovered in nearby Ijaha, identified as Sani Ngbede and Aduba Paul Ogboyi,” a source said.
The identities of other victims, including the slain soldiers who was said to have recently tied the knot, are yet to be officially confirmed by authorities
Suspected herdsmen kill newlywed soldier, many others in Benue community
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