{"id":28337,"date":"2020-08-06T17:46:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=28337"},"modified":"2020-08-06T17:46:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:46:06","slug":"revolutionnow-protest-an-irritation-childs-play-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/revolutionnow-protest-an-irritation-childs-play-buhari","title":{"rendered":"RevolutionNow protest an \u2018irritation, child\u2019s play \u2013 Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Femi Adesina, President Muhamadu Buhari\u2019s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, has described the RevolutionNow protest which was held in different parts of the country as an \u2018irritation.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST had reported that the Department of State Services on Wednesday, arrested Olawale Bakare and some co-protesters wearing orange-coloured caps around Olaiya area of Osogbo, Osun State.<\/p>\n<p>Several others were arrested by the police and the Nigerian Army in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the incident, Adesina in an interview with Channels Tv on Thursday, said it was funny to call such protest a revolution.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, revolution protests by their nature are meant to turn the normal order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWhat happened yesterday was just an irritation. They are just a sprinkle of people trying to be funny. As far as I am concerned it is nothing to be concerned abut. When you talk of revolution, it is always a mass team not those sprinkle of young boys and girls we saw in different parts of the Country. I think it is just a funny thing to call it a revolution protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI stand by my statement that what we saw was child\u2019s play. In a country of 200 million people, if you see that sprinkle of people saying they are doing a revolution match then it was like a child\u2019s play,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the government determines how it reacts to protests by the size of people involved, Adesina affirmed, saying the size of the protesters will always matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-center code-block-2\">\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He added, \u201drevolution are points well known. it is something that turns the normal order. 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