By Abiola Olawale
Former Minister of Transportation and a two-term governor of Rivers state, Rotimi Amaechi, has criticized the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for allegedly clamping down on Nigerians with differing opinions.
The former governor, in a damning verdict, declared that what Nigerians are experiencing under the present government is most than the military rule.
According to him, the present administration had been allegedly violating principles of democracy.
He made this known during his address at the exaugural lecture and book launch of former Editor of The Punch, Dayo Oketola.
He said: “You don’t call politicians to talk because they will spoil the occasion.
“I heard some journalists say, ‘We lived in the trenches’. Which trenches? During the military regime? Is that time worse than now?”
It would be recalled that the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero was arrested in the early hours of Monday by the Department of State Service (DSS) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
However, he was released a few hours later.
Similarly, some operatives of the DSS were accused of invading the Abuja office of the SERAP.
However, the DSS had denied the allegations, saying its personnel went to the SERAP’s office to perform a lawful investigation.
This is also coming amid the severe economic hardship battling with Nigerians. Several individuals have been lamenting about the rising cost of living among other challenges.
