– Bola Tinubu, Wole Soyinka, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Patrick Obahiagbon, John Oyegun and the Save Nigeria Group came under fire for supporting the removal of petrol subsidy
– The Concerned Ijaw Transformation Ambassadors called on them to apologize to Goodluck Jonathan over the sinister role they played when the ex-president announced the removal of fuel subsidy in 2012
– The group recalled that these professed patriots had incited and led Nigerians to protest against the removal of subsidy on fuel
The Concerned Ijaw Transformation Ambassadors (CITA) has called on Bola Tinubu, Wole Soyinka, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Patrick Obahiagbon, John Oyegun and the Save Nigeria Group to apologize to former president Goodluck Jonathan.
Vanguard reports that the group demanded the apology over the sinister role these prominent Nigerians played when the ex-president announced the removal of fuel subsidy in January 2012.
According to a statement signed by Arerebo Salaco Yerinmene Peters, the president of the CITA, and Obiri Wenebokefe Jonathan, the spokesman of the group, these professed patriots incited and led Nigerians to protest against the removal of subsidy on fuel.
“They blatantly criticized this policy of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as a sheer scam targeted at unleashing untold hardship to the average Nigerian and sponsored protests and demonstrations which even led to the death of some Nigerians.
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“We are berserkly puzzled that these same persons who feigned patriotism and advocacy for social justice turned a new leaf and now pioneer and celebrate the removal of fuel subsidy under President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Have they become proponents of a new school of thought? Was their disenchantment with the removal of fuel subsidy under Dr. Goodluck Jonathan triggered by sentiments of ethnic and political differences? Was the Save Nigeria Group a sheep covering veiling a calculated synergy to make Nigeria ungovernable for Dr. Goodluck Jonathan?” the group wondered.
The CITA concluded that emotions of Nigerians were incited and their passions ignited to fight against the success of the federal government under a peace loving and law abiding president tagging it as being anti-people.
For supporting the removal of petrol subsidy, Bola Tinubu has also come under fire from a section of Nigerians.
Some people labelled the APC chieftain a hypocrite for opposing the fuel price hike during the Jonathan administration and changing his stand on the issue under the Buhari administration.
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