Events In Rivers, Osun, Lagos Bad For Our Democracy – ZLP

The nationwide chairman of Zenith Labour Social gathering (ZLP), Chief Dan Nwanyanwu has accused political cronies of President Bola Tinubu of exploiting political tensions in Rivers, Osun and Lagos states for private curiosity, warning that they threaten Nigeria’s democracy.

Nwanyanwu, who stated this over the weekend in Abuja, urged the president to name his political surrogates in these states to order.

Tensions in Lagos, Osun and Rivers States have been excessive in latest weeks following heated tussles over management of key political buildings within the states forward of the 2027 elections.

“We warning in opposition to Osun and Lagos States rehearsing the Wild Wild West and Rivers State rehearsing the harmful militancy within the oil area witnessed prior to now,” he stated.

Nwanyanwu, who lamented that the political crises have heated up the polity and led to the Supreme Courtroom instances, canvassed for a political answer to resolve a lot of the points.

“What’s the authorized standing of 27 members of the Rivers Meeting who defected from the political celebration that sponsored their elections to a different political celebration within the absence of division in Management positions on the Nationwide stage of that Social gathering? And what’s the impact of the affidavit sworn on oath by them admitting defecting to a different political celebration?”

He stated makes an attempt are actually being made to withdraw the identical affidavit sworn to by them to allow them eat their cake and nonetheless have it.

“It is not uncommon sense that they’ve left their political celebration by the very acts carried out by them in December, 2023.

“Even an unborn youngster can attest to the very act of defection, bulletins and video recordings of the identical in addition to the reception organized by the Social gathering they decamped into.

That’s the background or foundation of the disaster that led to the withholding of funds and different ancillary issues.

“Abuse of privilege and alternatives has now turn out to be the order of the day. And we can’t all preserve quiet. Recall while you and I have been struggling for survival of democracy in 1993 in Late M.Okay.O Abiola’s (denied Elected President of Nigeria) home as our assembly level, these characters weren’t close to or near you within the battle.

“In sum, the ZLP submitted that the intervention of Mr. President may be very pressing as a result of, we reside in a area the place democracy is regrettably in recession, hinting that that is how the political disaster of the Wild Wild West began,” he added.