Ekiti State branch of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has promised to give free legal services to anyone arrested by the police during today’s protest in Ado Ekiti.
Also the two labour centres in the state, have reiterated their commitment to the strike billed to commence today.
Chairmen of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) Comrades Ayodeji Aluko and Kolawole Olaiya respectively, in a joint press conference in Ado-Ekiti, on Sunday, said, “the strike action scheduled to commence today will be total in Ekiti State.”
They called on traders, students, commercial motorcyclists, pro-democracy and civil society groups to come out enmasse and join in the strike and “to be orderly and peaceful during the protest.”
At the coalition press conference, chairman of Ado Ekiti chapter of the NBA,Mr Owoseeni Ajayi, gave the assurance that the body would participate fully in the protest going by the directive of the national secretariat of the body.
“Now that the President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, had approached the Industrial court , when he has flagrantly ignored and disobeyed the order of the Court that all the parties should maintain the statusquo pending the determination of the suit filed against it.
“To me, I can foresee judicial anarchy and a great abuse of Court process, in the country if the oil subsidy removal is allowed to stay,”
The NLC chairman specifically advised the president to better focus on the issue of insecurity in the land rather than resorting to oil subsidy removal that would further unleash terror on the country.
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