Falana 

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s recent speech.

According to him, the speech fails to address the primary demands of peaceful protesters, particularly the reversal of the fuel subsidy withdrawal.

In a statement on Sunday, Falana highlighted that if the government tackles corruption in the oil sector and processes crude oil in government-owned refineries, there would be no need for a fuel subsidy.

He warned that ignoring the protesters’ demands could lead to continued unrest.

“If the government takes the fight against corruption to oil dealers and crude oil is processed in government-owned refineries, there will be no basis for fuel subsidy, which is induced by the importation of petroleum products.

“A positive response to the key demands of the youths to review the protesters could make them review their actions. Insensitivity to their demands can only provoke continued action,” he said.

Falana also called for the immediate release of detained protesters and condemned the repression of peaceful demonstrators, urging the government to set up commissions of inquiry to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the killings during the protests.

He emphasized the importance of allowing peaceful protests and criticized the government’s attempts to intimidate protesters with threats of military intervention.

“We commiserate with the families of the patriots’ peaceful protesters that were killed and call on the Federal and State Governments to set up Commissions of Inquiry, which should include representatives of credible human rights organisations and the NBA to investigate the killings with a view to bringing to justice prosecute the reckless murderers in Police uniform and ensuring that.

“The family members of the deceased should be adequately compensated by the federal government. The victims of the barbarous police killings should be identified and celebrated as heroes and heroines of the struggle for the emancipation of the downtrodden Nigerian people. Participation in peaceful protests should never be criminalised in Nigeria”, he stated.

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