Prominent human rights activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has remarked that President Bola Tinubu would be unable to alleviate Nigeria’s current hardships, even if given 300 years in office.
According to Adeyanju, the former Lagos State Governor lacks solutions to the nation’s economic challenges. He criticized Nigeria as a country unfriendly to the poor, particularly under the current administration.
As reported by Daily Post, Adeyanju voiced his dissatisfaction with the Tinubu government in a recent interview, where he also discussed other issues, including the arraignment of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters and the presidential aspirations of Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.
When asked about his perception of the current situation in Nigeria, the human rights lawyer said: “This nation, as currently constituted, can be akin to a concentration camp where citizens are forced to stay. And if you doubt me, if you think that Nigeria is not a concentration camp, let’s run a social experiment.
“Let the United States of America alone make their country visa-free to Nigerians, and let’s count how many of us will remain. So that is what best describes this nation—a nation where the rich are not paying for doing business, for buying private jets.
“But the poor are taxed to pay triple the price, and now quadruple the price of petrol cannot be said to be a nation for poor people. This nation is anti-poor; by and large, it’s an anti-poor people’s nation, so that is my take. In terms of economics and politics, it does not favor the average Nigerian in any way.
“So, a nation where minors are being arraigned for terrorism for saying, “We are hungry; this is the reason why we are protesting; please, government should help us; government should stop insecurity.
“In response, the government says, ‘Come on, lock them up for 93 days without food, starve them,” and above all, slams them with treasonable felony charges and parades them like common criminals.”
“And this is a nation where police chiefs are hustling to take pictures with bandits in Zamfara. They organize an elaborate ceremony, according to them, to integrate Boko Haram members into society. Then you arraign minors in the society for terrorism and treasonable felony charges, so our nation is an irony,” Adeyanju mentioned.