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The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has commended Abia residents for heeding his appeal not to join the protests going on in some parts of the country, which have led to loss of lives and destruction of property.
He made the commendation on Saturday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Aba, saying, “I want to use this opportunity to thank you and Abia people who listened to my plea not to come out to the roads and disrupt services and activities and probably visit mayhem on the people.
“The reason is not because things are not difficult; far from it. I recognise how difficult things are today, but at the same time, there is a saying that two wrongs cannot make a right. I also do know that a lot of our people live by the day; some are traders, some are Keke riders, some are barbers, and some are taxi drivers. These people put food on the table based on what they earn that particular day.”
He said’ “Disrupting the activities of those whose delay bread depends on going out daily in the name of protest will end up worsening the problem the protesters are trying to solve.
Continuing, “My plea was that we can always sit down to discuss. And I want to thank the Abia people for heeding that call. It does not mean that we don’t have the right to protest, but there are different ways of protesting.
Governor Otti appreciated the church for its support since 2015 when he stepped out to contest the election and for the support they are giving his administration, and he enjoined them to continue to remember him and the state government in their prayers.
Governor Otti had last week appealed to Abians not to join the protest while also acknowledging that people’s right to peaceful protest to air their grievances and, at the same time was never in doubt but expressed his worry that the protest may be hijacked by hoodlums.
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