The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the high level of hunger, deprivation and inequality in the country would soon cause a violent revolution in Nigeria if nothing is done to remedy the situation.
Tinubu who said this in his New Year address to Nigerians appealed to them not to give in to despair and despondency at the current state of Nigeria.
He said, “if not urgently addressed, the stratospheric level of hunger, deprivation and inequality in the land will inevitably provoke a violent revolution in the land. Indeed, we already have a situation difficult to distinguish from bloody revolution on our hand.
“It manifests in the armed robbery, kidnapping, communal conflicts, religious extremism, terrorism and ritual killings rampant in Nigeria today. We have no choice but to be active participants in the common sense democratic revolution needed to salvage our country.
“It is a common sense revolution that must insist that legitimate power flows from the will of the people duly expressed in free and fair elections. Governments must assume and remain in power only at the pleasure of the people,” he stated.
The former governor of Lagos State reasoned that, that the only way democracy could promote development is ensuring that government becomes responsible and accountable to the people.
“My message to our fellow country men and women is this simple, this year must be one of eternal vigilance on the part of us all. This is the price we must pay for our democratic rights and liberties as citizens. Let us make no mistake about it.
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