May 29: Nigeria Is Not A Jungle, Natives Caution NLC, Others
A pro-democracy multi-ethnic organization, The Natives, has told the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) that Nigeria is not a jungle where there is no law and order, saying president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be inaugurated in a grand style contrary to all the threats ahead of the May 29 event.
According to The Natives, which is made up of different ethnic groups, cultures, Languages and tribes across Nigeria with over twenty million members nationwide, the Joe Ajaero-led NLC lied that it will scuttle the inauguration of the president-elect as the 16th Nigerian President on May 29.
A Northern group under the umbrella of the Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) had alleged that it uncovered plans by the leadership of the NLC in connection with some groups to scuttle Tinubu’s inauguration.
Ajaero had in his May Day speech accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of conducting a flawed general elections that produced Tinubu as president-elect.
But in a statement it issued yesterday in Abuja, the Supreme Leader of the Natives, Hon Smart Edwards, said the NLC has lost credibility to speak for all Nigerians since it chose to be partisan in the last general election.
Edwards noted that Tinubu was not a novice or accidental politician, adding that rather, he is an accomplished political icon, a strategist, and an asset to the Nation’s democracy, economy and global development.
