Pro Democracy Groups Set To Protest New Fuel Price |The Source

By Ayodele Oni, Akure

Leading  Human Rights and pro democracy groups in Nigeria are set to protest the new fuel Price hike imposed on Nigerians by the federal government.

The new hike, announced on Wednesday raised the price of Premium Motor Spirit,(PMS) otherwise known as petrol from N150 to as high as N151.

The groups,  Campaign for Democracy (CD), and Conference of Nigerian Civil Rights Activists (CNCRA) have  met over the new fuel price and agreed to rescue Nigerians from the obnoxious pricing regime.

The meeting described the new fuel price as wicked, unnecessary, unwarranted, and condemnable.

In a conmunique, signed by Usman Baku and Ifeanyi Odili for CD, and Ayodele Adeyemi, for CNCRA, they agreed to coordinate and sensitize every Nigerian to get ready to determine how they want to live their lives, as well as remove the yoke and burden placed on them by their leaders.

It stated that Nigerians should be prepared for another round of struggle and coordinated mass action, apparently, a replay of campaigns against military rule.

They also called on “international community to caution Nigerian leaders on the need to see reasons why they should not take Nigerian masses for granted.

“Nigerians are in pains, they have been chained and have their mouths padlocked like the period of slave masters and period of apartheid in South Africa.

“There is panic in the land arising from merciless killings going on across Nigeria,” it added.

The communique further stated that members of the armed forces are quitting the military, while some are allegedly being prosecuted and tried secretly for speaking out against their oppressors.