{"id":126782,"date":"2024-08-04T20:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T19:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/use-of-bullets-tear-gas-against-protesters-abuse-of-power-wole-soyinka"},"modified":"2024-08-04T23:54:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T22:54:34","slug":"use-of-bullets-tear-gas-against-protesters-abuse-of-power-wole-soyinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/use-of-bullets-tear-gas-against-protesters-abuse-of-power-wole-soyinka","title":{"rendered":"Use of bullets, tear gas against protesters abuse of power \u2013 Wole Soyinka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Following the continued EndBadGovernance protest, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said President Bola Tinubu\u2019s nationwide speech failed to address the continued deterioration of the state\u2019s seizure of protest management.<\/p>\n<p>Soyinka faulted the use of bullets and tear gas on Nigerians protesting against economic hardship, calling such actions abuse of state power.<\/p>\n<p>He remarked in an article titled \u201cThe Hunger March As Universal Mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since August 1, some aggrieved Nigerian youths have been protesting against the Nigerian government in what is tagged EndBadGovernace protest.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu bowed to pressure and addressed the nation, stressing that he was pained by the protest against his government.<\/p>\n<p>However, Soyinka said hunger protests are not peculiar to Nigeria, adding that the nation\u2019s security agencies should adopt alternative models and civilised advances in security intervention.<\/p>\n<p>The article reads partly: \u201cMy primary concern, quite predictably, is the continuing deterioration of the state\u2019s seizure of protest management, an area in which the presidential address fell conspicuously short.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch short-changing of civic deserving, regrettably, goes to arm the security forces in the exercise of impunity and condemns the nation to a seemingly unbreakable cycle of resentment and reprisals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive bullets as state response to civic protest\u2014that becomes the core issue. Even tear gas remains questionable in most circumstances, certainly an abuse in situations of clearly peaceful protest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Following the continued EndBadGovernance protest, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said President Bola Tinubu\u2019s nationwide speech failed to address the continued deterioration of the state\u2019s seizure of protest management. Soyinka faulted the use of bullets and tear gas on Nigerians protesting against economic hardship, calling such actions abuse of state power. 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