Civil Societies Protest, Challenge Buhari To Jail Looters

Hundreds of civil society groups staged a peaceful protest in solidarity with President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade, challenging the president to jail those who looted public funds and recover all ill-gotten wealth. 

The protesters stormed the Lagos State Governor’s Office on Thursday as they carried placards and banners in support of Buhari’s move to purge the nation and prosecute those who have stolen the nation’s money.

The protesters include the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM). They urged Buhari not to bow to pressure from anywhere to drop his anti-corruption stance as the civil societies would back him. The labour groups called on the President to declare total war on corruption irrespective of party affiliation, jail all the looters and seize all ill-gotten wealth.

Some of the placards carried by the protesters read: 

“$20 billion spent on electricity (1999 -2014), 

no light, Buhari must ask,” 

“Retirees are dying. 

Is pension fund a scam?” 

“Unemployment made worst by corruption,” 

“Public officers must earn minimum wage,”

 “Security votes another means of treasury looting,” 

“514 days, Chibok girls still missing,” 

“Nigerians are not dullards,” and several others.

culled from thenewsnigeria