The presidency on Tuesday declared that those planning a protest want to burn down the country, and they will meet the strongest resistance of their lives.
This position was declared by the Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, via a post on his X account.
The presidential media aide declared that they are waiting for those planning the protest, adding that it won’t be a resistance from security agencies, but from those who gave their mandate to President Tinubu via the ballot box.
“Those who want to burn the country down under whatever guise will meet the strongest resistance of their lives. Not from security agencies, but from the silent majority that gave their mandate to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for four years in the first instance. We are waiting,” the media aide wrote.
The strong warning comes at a time when some Nigerians are planning a nationwide protest against economic hardship and harsh government policies driven by the fuel subsidy removal and the floating of the naira.
The protest is billed to hold in the first week of August.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has distanced itself from the planned nationwide protest over the present economic hardship in the country.
The group described the planned protest as ill-timed, not purpose-driven, and counterproductive.
The National Chairman of the forum, Mamman Osuman, made the declaration after a courtesy visit to Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State.
The ACF said they have taken a consensus decision on the nationwide protest, and decided that it is not in the interest of the North and the entire country.
The ACF, therefore, called on the people of the North not to participate in the protest.
