Members
of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, civil society
organisations, National Association of Nigerian Students, National
Congress of Nigerian Students and some informal workers on Wednesday
renamed the popular Post Office Junction after Muyideen Mustapha, the
man who was killed in Ilorin, Kwara State, during a protest on Tuesday
last week.
The junction, according to them, is now Muyideen Mustapha Freedom Square.
Although some people had
alleged that a stray bullet fired by a policeman killed Mustapha, the
police said he was stabbed with sharp objects by some unidentified
protesters.
The Ilorin branch
Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Rafiu Balogun, leader, UNILORIN
49, Dr. Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju, state Chairman, Joint Campus Committee of
NANS, Akorede Shakir, state Chairman, NLC, Mr. Faruk Akanbi, and some
other speakers urged President Goodluck Jonathan to revert to N65 per
litre of fuel .
They warned that they would sustain the protests until Jonathan yielded to wishes of Nigerians.
Akanbi said they decided to name the junction after Mustapha to immortalise him.
Akanbi said, “The
coalition of labour, civil society organisations, Nigerian students and
the masses decided to name this junction after Mustapha as he happened
to be the martyr of this struggle. He happened to be an unfortunate
Nigerian who had just completed his education at the Command Secondary
School. He came to this town for computer studies and after three months
of successful completion of the programme, he was killed few days
after.
“You could imagine what
the loss means to the parents, and Nigeria and what he would have become
in future. We have decided to come together to name this place late
Muyideen Mustapha Freedom Square.
Balogun said members of
the NBA were prepared to defend any protester who was molested. He,
however, urged the protesters to remain law abiding and peaceful.
“We will continue to say
no to them and we are going to continue to protest until they yield to
public opinion. Be calm in all your actions. Do not allow them to harass
you. NBA is saying no to subsidy removal. It is not yet time for
subsidy to be removed. Refineries must be working and corruption in the
oil sector must be tackled. Investigate, and prosecute those cabal and
let the guilty ones go to jail,” he said.
the guy don popular be dt oo.i hope i go fit rememba d name wen i reach ilrn.
ReplyDeleteAbi oo, ehn you go try get used to the name naa ni. Though its not like if you call post office, people wnt know coz its kind of too popular.lolzzz
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