Protesters block Aregbesola’s convoy
Members of the Campaign for the Defence
of Human Rights who staged a public protest against corruption in
Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Wednesday, stopped the convoy of
Governor Rauf Aregbesola on his way to the office.
Our correspondent observed that members
of the CDHR, who were marching against corruption in the public sector,
had blocked one of the lanes of the Gbongan-Ibadan Expressway while they
were being watched by security officials.The governor’s convoy met members of the
CDHR in front of the Federal High Court but the group, armed with
anti-corruption banners and leaflets, initially did not give way to the
convoy until the policemen in the pilot vehicles came down and dispersed
the protesters.
The protesters said the amount of money
looted from the public treasury was enough to provide first- class
infrastructure all over the country. They lamented the hardship and
endemic corruption which Nigeria had been plunged into.
The Chairman of the CDHR in Osun State,
Mr. Akin Asifat, said corruption was responsible for the current
economic crisis the nation was facing.
The governor later received members of the CDHR, who dropped their letter with him at the Governor’s Office.
Aregbesola commended them for their
efforts against human rights abuses, saying many Nigerians had benefited
from their efforts.
He said, “As we are condemning
corruption, so must we speak against low productivity, corruption is a
scourge that must be stopped and low productivity is a curse that must
be rejected.”
The governor urged them to continue to support the anti-corruption crusade of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
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