Members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, (OPC) and other pro-Jonathan groups on Monday morning made life difficult for Lagosians as they gathered in numbers at the 7-Up end of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, in Oregun/Alausa area, in preparation for anti-Jega protest and pro-rally for President Goodluck Jonathan.
OPC members who were believed to have come from different zones in Lagos and neighbouring states, were seen brandishing weapons such as cutlasses, guns, knives and others and occupied one side of the highway, harassing road users, including motorists and pedestrians.
Their activities caused heavy traffic, especially, driving inward Alausa and from Olusosun to either Iyana Oworonsoki and Ojota axis, just as the protesters marched from the toll gate through Ikorodu road to the National Stadium, Surulere, the venue of the pro-Jonathan rally.
The anti-Jega protesters were also seen sharing and distributing flyers and leaflets, highlighting points against the INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega as well as why Jonathan deserves re-election into power.
It would be recalled the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, last Friday staged its anti-Jega and card readers protest in some South eastern states, including Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and other locations in the zone.
Similarly, the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, in a release Sunday announced that it had uncovered a plot by the Jonathan’s administration to release the sum of N9 billion for organizing protests against Professor Jega and card readers, to be spearheaded by the ex-militants and ethnic militia groups.
Meantime, Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the protest as “syndicated demonstration of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, being sponsored all over the country to disrupt the forthcoming general elections, which it is now convinced it cannot manipulate.”
The party said that the syndicated protests by MASSOB and OPC were desperate efforts by a dying government to create confusion and trouble so as to sabotage the election when it had become obvious to them that it had lost the support of Nigerians in the coming elections.
The state Publicity Secretary of the APC, Joe Igbokwe, while reacting to the development, noted that the sponsored campaigners went about destroying campaign posters and bill boards of the APC in their mercenary traits,
“This tells so much of the mission they are sponsored to do, ” he said.
A COVER UP SAGA might have been put in place. yes! another saga! Nigerian must be very figilant than before!
Visiting the southwest and the Oba’s by the presidency might not only to ask for support or endorsement but to use the visit for election rigging cover up,you will agree with me that the meeting have been intensifying now and several close door meetings announce daily, beware Nigerian, not to be drag into ivory coast aftermath election system in which the Inec organise election and the executive declare the rigged result! and the cover up support and endorsement documentaries face up to claim victory. they are capable of doing everything to save their head!
NIGERIAN BEWARE!