The Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) in Edo State has condemned what it tagged “the mishandling of the protest that took place at Ekpoma and environs by the government.”
Going further in a statement made available to Popular News, the National Chairman of the CRPP called “for the immediate release of the students clamped into the Nigeria Correctional Service.
“We condemn the mode of arrest of students in their various hostels by the security agencies.”
CRPP also “condemned the hijacking of the peaceful protest by hoodlums who turned the peaceful protest to violent, destruction of properties of innocent citizens particularly the Enogie of Ekpoma Palace,” adding that “it is condemnable and unwarranted.”
The CRPP further “blamed the style of governance by Governor Monday Okpebholo for not been proactive to the longtime cry of Edo citizens against the taking over of our bushes, farms, highways by the terrorists, bandits and killer herdsmen.
“They now have the temerity to enter the towns and villages to
kidnap our people from house to house. It is horrendous and this is a state that has a Governor.”
According to the CRPP, “it could be recalled time without numbers that we advised the government to set up the Amotekun Security Network, like that of the South West Zone, the governor never heed to our advice.
“Even the so called Edo Security Network he set up were never paid any salaries or equipped them for the risk job they are to do.
How can government employ people for security work without been paid and never put the name in government payroll? We advise the government to put them on special payroll by placing them on salary ranging from N100,000 to N200,000 per month. They should also be insured, this will motivate them to be able to confront the deadly terrorists.”
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