The Director for Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, has said that Nigerians who are set to embark on planned protests against economic hardship are looking to imitate the ongoing protests in Kenya. Buba said this in an interview with ARISE NEWS on Thursday, where he also said that although the people have a constitutional right to protest, they do not have a right to mobilise for anarchy, or to unleash terror on the country. Speaking on the potential replication of Kenyan protests by Nigerians, Buba said, “You need to look at the contemporary context for what has initiated this protest, and we don’t need to look further than Kenya.
They want to shadow what is happening in Kenya. And if you look at what’s happening in Kenya, it’s violent, there has been destruction of properties. “Let’s look again at Kenya where they want to shadow.
Now, we see the Kenyan government has given a lot, but still, the situation is unresolved up till date. We wouldn’t want such a situation to happen in our country. And what we’re saying is we need to quench the fire of violence rather than ignite it.
Because when we ignite it, there’s no telling how far that fire will go,” he added. When asked what he believed to be the motivation behind the upcoming protests, he said, “Essentially, there are several factors to be considered in examining the motivation for these protests. is it motivated by opposition politics? Is it motivated by sovereign interference? Could.