A pro-democracy group in Nigeria, Concerned Nigerians (CN), has condemned Martin Luther King Jr’s family for giving leadership award to President Muhammau Buhari.
The Group noted that while the America’s foremost Civil rights
activist stood and died for justice, the actions and inactions of Buhari
since he was sworn in as the president of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria negates the ideals and principles of Marthin Luther King Jr.
National Publicity Secretary of the group, Theophilus Abu Agada, said,
under the current administration, the leader of Islamic Movement of
Nigeria, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife have been illegally detained
for over 800 days against a valid court order that says they should be
released unconditionally.
Read their statement below:
“Many today in Nigeria are in political servitude because they do not
belong to President Buhari’s political party”, he said in a statement.
“Marthin Luther King Jr had a dream, a dream where his four little
children Would live in a nation that they will not be Judged by the
color of their skin but by the content of their character.
“However, in our country Nigeria, the man that is being honored with
Marthin Luther King jr’s legacy of equality and justice is known to be a
despotic, tribalistic and nepotistic leader who has refused to adhere
to the principles of federal character that allows equal opportunity for
all.“The president sees people from other region and ethnic nationalities
as lesser beings that must not be given an opportunity to serve in some
sensitive positions of government.
“He categorized citizens from Southern Nigeria as 5% people that must
not enjoy what people from his 97% region who overwhelmingly voted for
him should enjoy.
“Minority Christians in the North have suffered so many losses, with
the president abetting and pampering the perpetrators of the genocide
that is ongoing in the North-Central region and Southern part of Kaduna
state.
“We condemn in its entirety, this prestigious award that was conferred on the president.“He doesn’t deserve the award and as such, we are calling on the
family of Marthin Luther King Jr not to compromise the legacy of Rev.
Luther by giving award to people that are undeserving”.