Human rights and pro-democracy group, Take-It-Back Movement (TIB) has called for the arrest of Abu Giri, Gwagwalada council chairman in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja over alleged lawlessness. The group in a statement posted on its X handle on Tuesday lamented that the council chairman sent thugs to attack Manaseh Ben Paul, one of the leaders of the recent protest against dilapidated roads and infrastructure in the area council.
The Gwagwalada area council chairman in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Abubakar Jibrin Giri, has directed a group of hoodlums to attack all the residents and concerned citizens that participated in a protest against the bad state of infrastructure in the council. A human rights advocate, Manasseh Ben Paul, who was among the planners of the peaceful protest, revealed this in a post he made via X platform on Tuesday afternoon. He noted that the council chairman dispatched a gang of hoodlums to his residence and brutalised everyone they saw there.
The Take-It-Back Movement (TIB), a pro-democracy group, has vehemently condemned the abuse of power and blatant infringement of the fundamental human rights of activists, Manasseh Ben Paul, and protesters in the Gwagwalada area council. SaharaReporters reported on January 6, 2023 that the Take-It-Back Movement chapter in the Gwagwalada area council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, tackled the council chairman, Abubakar Jibrin Giri for insulting residents over their protest against the bad state of the infrastructure in the council.
The Take-It-Back Movement chapter in the Gwagwalada area council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has tackled the council chairman, Abubakar Jibrin Giri for insulting the residents over their protest against the bad state of the infrastructure in the council. SaharaReporters had reported that a group of youths under the aegis of Concerned Citizens of Kutunku in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja on Friday staged a peaceful protest against the deplorable condition of Kutunku market and abattoir roads in the area.
An Assistant Superintendent of NSCDC, Mohammed Kabir, one of the security aides attached to the Chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT, Alhaji Abubakar Jibrin Giri, is dead. In a statement, spokesman of the chairman, Ibrahim Yamawo, said the officer died around 11pm on Sunday at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) after…