An educationist and Public Affairs commentator, High Chief Ray Murphy, has called on Nigerians to shun the call for a nationwide protest against the government of President Bola Tinubu over the state of the nation, describing the plan as a regional, ethnic and religious agenda for a regime change.
Murphy, a Cross River entrepreneur, said there was nothing currently that warrants protest, adding that there was nothing happening now that didn’t happen 10 times under former President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
According to him, the planned protest was not in the interest of ordinary Nigerians but for ethnic, regional and religious reasons.
A northern group, the Northern Initiative for Growth, had repeatedly notified the Inspector General of Police at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja of their intention to hold a protest across Northern Nigeria on August 1, 2024, over the state of the nation.
The northern group said the protest aimed to shine a spotlight on pressing regional issues and advocate for meaningful reforms.
But, responding to the development through a viral video, Murphy called on Nigerian youths to shun the said protest.
He said: “There should be nothing to protest against. Let’s not confuse ethnicity, regionalism with governance, indeed there is nothing to protest against.
“Those who did not protest under former President Muhammadu Buhari has no right to protest under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Those whose voices disappeared when Buhari was in power should not find their voice when Tinubu is in power. There is nothing to about has done that Buhari did not do ten times of. Nothing. And many people did not fine their voices when Buhari was in power, they were silent, therefore they have lost the right to instigate any protest now that Tinubu is in power.
“Those that are behind this protest are looking for a regime change, not in the interest of ordinary Nigerians but for regional, ethnic and religious interests and while I urge those who are intelligent and sensible not to join any protest. Thank you.”
