A former spokesperson for the Atiku Campaign Organization in the 2023 Presidential election, Daniel Bwala, has criticized the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar for supporting the proposed nationwide protest.
Bwala who addressed State House reporters shortly after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa Abuja said the planned protest was not necessary.
Describing the intended protest as politically motivated, Bwala said members of the opposition party must see beyond politics and rally around President Bola Tinubu in his desire to transform the economy of Nigeria.
Bwala also implored Nigerians to give the President more time to actualise his goals for the country as the Number 1 citizen was not oblivious to the economic hardship
”I was delighted to have met with Mr President today to show solidarity with him for his tireless effort in addressing the problems confronting the Nigerian people.
”Mr President is genuinely concerned about the plight of our people and he is working hard to address them,” he said
”Let us keep faith and hope alive, knowing that there is light at the end of the tunnel.”
However, he also acknowledged the constitutional rights of people to carry out peaceful protests.
But, according to him, nationwide protest is not billed to end in peace.
Meanwhile, Bwala disclosed that he had officially dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
He said in a few days, he would be making his formal re-entry into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) where he was before he joined the PDP in 2022.
There have been reports that youths are planning a nationwide protest between August 1 and 15 against the rising cost of living and economic hardship in the country.
On Tuesday, Atiku had asked the Federal Government should allow Nigerians to exercise their constitutional rights to organise a peaceful protest.
The former vice president said it is ironic that those stifling the rights of Nigerians to protest in 2024 were leading protesters in 2012.
He slammed President Bola Tinubu’s administration for attempting to suppress the protesters, describing it as an “exercise in futility”.