{"id":157423,"date":"2025-04-01T11:18:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-not-getting-better-anytime-soon-inibehe-effiong"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:32:05","slug":"nigeria-not-getting-better-anytime-soon-inibehe-effiong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-not-getting-better-anytime-soon-inibehe-effiong","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria not getting better anytime soon \u2013 Inibehe Effiong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has suggested that Nigeria is not improving anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Effiong claimed that the rot, corruption, and partisanship in the police are despicable.<\/p>\n<p>He made the assertion in a post on his X handle on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes after the police called for the cancellation of the Okene rally in honor of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan based on an intelligence report.<\/p>\n<p>The Kogi State Police Command also called on the organizers of the planned rally to cancel the event in the interest of peace in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Kogi State Government had banned rallies and public gatherings in the state over alleged \u201csecurity reports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government also stopped fishing and other activities, lamenting that fishing activities had resulted in the loss of two lives in Kasemiya, Katubo, and Umozu Ette, all in Kogi Local Government Area in Kogi West.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Akpoti-Uduaghan said that she would not back down on her plan to return to her constituency for the Sallah break.<\/p>\n<p>She also urged her supporters to discard speculations circulating that she had canceled her scheduled visit.<\/p>\n<p>However, the human rights lawyer said that the organizers should ignore the \u201cuseless\u201d statement and proceed with their rally.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cNigeria is not improving anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rot, corruption, and partisanship in the police are despicable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe organizers should ignore this useless statement and proceed with their rally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe courts and the law have made it clear that the only role of the police in political rallies is to provide adequate security, and that the police cannot disrupt rallies because of alleged apprehension of hijack or violence by \u2018hoodlums.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge Senator Natasha and her supporters to defy the police and the governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has suggested that Nigeria is not improving anytime soon. Effiong claimed that the rot, corruption, and partisanship in the police are despicable. He made the assertion in a post on his X handle on Tuesday. 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