Nigerians In Ghana Tell Jonathan To Resign Now

The coalition of concern
Nigerians in Ghana on
Wednesday occupied the
country’s High Commission
in Accra, calling for the
immediate resignation of
President Goodluck
Jonathan.
The group condemned the
killing of more than 15
Nigerian protesters since
the beginning of the
protests against the
removal of petroleum
subsidy, blaming the
president for the killing of
innocent citizens protesting
for their better future.
“This government is
murderous; President
Jonathan may end up like
Mohammed Ghaddafi if he
continues to kill the people
who elected him,” said
Omolara Balogun, a policy
advocate officer for West
Africa Civil Society Institute.
Michael Ajayi, a coordinator
of "Occupy Nigeria"
campaign in Ghana read the
declaration of the rally,
saying there is a need for
an urgent conference to
discuss the Nigeria project.
“Nigeria needs immediate
convocation of a Sovereign
National Conference to
renegotiate our existence
as a nation,” said the
communique signed by all
participants at the rally.
Dele Momodu, the publisher
of Ovation Magazine spoke
at the rally saying, “the
government of President
Jonathan should remove
corruption not fuel
subsidy.” He lamented the
president of Nigeria has
budgeted 1 billion naira for
his kitchen just for 2012,
wanted new presidential
aircraft for himself while
Nigerians cannot afford
bicycles, has removed the
small support that the
common masses enjoy.
“The people will continue to
occupy the streets around
the globe until his
government collapse,” he
added.
“This is the long awaited
Nigerian spring; we have to
reclaim Nigeria now,” said
Oludare Ogunlana, a former
NANS president and one of
the coordinators of the
Wednesday assembly in
Ghana. “We may not have
this type opportunity again
and we must not back up
until we see the end of the
cabals.”