Leading Pro-Democracy group in Kwara State, Kwara Must Change (KMC) has urged Kwarans to continue to exercise their democratic rights of freedom of association and movement as contained in the constitution of the country.
The group rejected ban of free movement and street rally
by the Kwara State government as pronounced by Governor Abdulfatai
Ahmed earlier today.
Kwara Must Change, in a statement by its
state coordinator, Comrade Yusuf Olatunji stated that, freedom of
movement is a constitutional right that cannot be taken away by any
individual or government.
According to Yusuf, Chapter 4, Section
41 of the Nigerian constitution guarantees every Nigerian the right to
associate and move freely and that free movement; include the right to
hold rallies.
Kwara Must Change maintained that, the right to
free movement is not only protected in the Nigerian constitution, it is
also a universal right coded in Article 13 of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights (UDHR) and as such, cannot be taken away by any state.
‘’While
we encourage the state government to take decisive actions against
those who violate any law, we are of the views that, acting with
impunity, by attempting to take away people’s right through the back
door shall not be acceptable”.
”We will support any government
action to stop further violence in the state, but such action must be in
line with the Nigerian constitution”, it said.
The group therefore urged the state government to resist the temptation of playing politics with the lives of Kwarans
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