Following the freezing of bank accounts of the Endsars protest promoters, Mr. Buba Galadima, a member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress, has declared the action unconstitutional.
According to him, freezing accounts and preventing them from travelling outside Nigeria is not a right thing the government should be doing. This is because Nigeria is a democratic state and not a military state to be taking such unconstitutional actions against citizens who were protesting against lapses in government.
He made a call on the President, Buhari to see to it that the accounts of these people are unblocked so that they can go about doing their normal activities as Nigerians.
He made these calls in an interview on Arise TV.
Read his statement below;
“What the government has done is not right. It has no such right or powers to block bonafide Nigerians from travelling out of the country or from accessing their (bank) accounts. Blocked for what? What have they done?
These young men were peacefully protesting the actions, omissions or commissions of government. Why do you, after you persuaded them or after agents of government allegedly attacked or killed them, follow this draconian disposition of blocking their accounts? That is not constitutional.
I’m sending this message to Mr President whether he knows or he doesn’t know, let him be shown what I am saying. His people have no right to do what they are doing. Please, they should desist and unblock the accounts of these young people and allow them to carry on with their normal activities as Nigerians. You cannot harass them, we are in a democracy, we are not in a military regime.”
