Ezekwesili replies IGP, go get proper education on democracy

A leader of the Bring Back Our Girls (#BBOG) group, Oby Ezekwesili, has asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, to try and get proper education on what democracy is.

Ezekwesili, who has been championing the call for the Nigerian Federal Government to bring back the missing Chibok girls, stated this in reply to the IGP, who on Wednesday, said that the activities of BBOG was threatening the peace of Abuja and asked that they should stop it forthwith.

But speaking at the daily sit out of the group at the Unity Fountain, Ezekwesili replied that the group cannot be cowed and advised that the IGP needed to educate himself properly about democracy.

“Our response is that he (IGP) should ask for the file that recorded our advocacy between 2014 and 2015 when the previous administration used all kinds of tactics similar to this one to try to violate our constitutional liberty.

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“Not only did the constitution uphold that right, the court also upheld our rights. He should just read this files, he should be able to find what he needs in order to educate himself properly about democracy and citizens’ right to peaceful assembly.

“We are a peaceful movement as everyone knows, so we are not changing anything, no retreat, no surrender. Are our girls back? If the government says that we are unreasonable in demanding for our Chibok girls in the way that we have been demanding for them since 2014, they need to show the evidence that counters our stance,” she said.

By Ebere Ndukwu …

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