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OVER 442.5% INCREMENT OF FEES AT OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL COMPLEX (OAUTHC) COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES IS ANTI-POOR

•ERC DEMANDS TOTAL REVERSAL NOW

• WE CALL FOR RESUMPTION OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

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28/01/2024

*PRESS STATEMENT*

*THE SHAM TRIAL OF ARRESTED PROTESTERS IN IJEBU-ODE BY THE NIGERIA POLICE IS AN ABUSE OF POWER AND WASTE OF TAX PAYERS MONEY.*

*WE DEMAND IMMEDIATE DROP OF ALL TRUMPED-UP CHARGES AGAINST FUNKE OBIKOYA AND OTHERS ALONG WITH ADEQUATE COMPENSATION BY THE NIGERIA POLICE*

The Nigeria Police in Ogun State have continued its sham trial of Funke Obikoya and others who participated in last year’s peaceful Walk in Ijebu-Ode. The trial came up on Friday 16th January 2024 at the magistrate court, Isabo, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

It will be recalled that last year, Funke Obikoya and over 20 youths who gathered in Ijebu-Ode to hold a peaceful walk to demand justice for the late MohBad who died under suspicious circumstances on 12th of September 2023, were rounded up by the Nigeria Police from Igbeba Police Command, even before the walk commenced. They were thereafter detained in the Police station, arraigned in court and remanded in prison. These youths were charged with "breach of public peace and cultism" by the Nigeria Police, a charge which they could not substantiate in court and thereby requested amendment at the next hearing.

The Nigeria Police went ahead to transfer the matter from the Magistrate Court Igbeba Ijebu-Ode to Abeokuta just to frustrate these young Nigerians with attending incessant court adjournments in Abeokuta knowing fully well they have no case against them. The matter was supposed to have commenced trial since October 31st 2023, but has suffered adjournment twice now. It was also adjourned again to 16th of February 2024.

We in the Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) condemn this arbitrariness of the Nigeria Police and demand withdrawal of all charges against Funke Obikoya and others as well as payment of compensation for wrongful accusation and trial. We call on the Inspector General of Police to press on his men in Ogun State command to focus resources of the force towards combating crime and gathering intelligence rather than this display of abuse of power on innocent youths. Above all we demand respect of democratic rights of the working people and youth to freedom of expression and association.

_Signed._
Adaramoye Michael Lenin
National Coordinator

_Signed._
Francis Nwapa Watch
National Secretary

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, is dead.

Lagos harmattan is nothing compare to Ogun, ilorin, Kano or Osun harmattan I’m just laughing seeing people wearing sweater like they’re in UK 😂 come to Ijebu-Ode na

By Francis Nwapa Watch

The Declaring of PrimeBoy wanted was a diversion by the Police. According to PrimeBoy he was never invited by the Police.

How do the Police declare a person that was never invited wanted and treated SamLarry and Naira Marley as celebrity despite being prime suspects in multiple crime against MohBad? They were not handcuffed, media was not allowed to have assess to them, the policemen who refused to investigate the petitions of threat to life written by MohBad have not been revealed and fired.

We will not allow the Nigeria Police dictate the narrative of this crime and their so-called investigation. The police is an indicted party in this case and can't be trusted to deliver justice.

I call for a coroner inquest made up of Left Youth movements, NMA, NBA, Trade unionists, Socialists to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of MohBad.

*YOUTH RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (YRC)*

September 21, 2023

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*AGAIN, NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED ITS YOUTH!*

*MASS PROTEST UNTIL JUSTICE*

*WE MUST PROTEST ALL THE FAILURES OF THE GOVT THAT LEAD MANY TO AGONY AND UNTIMELY DEATH!*

*FOR A BETTER SOCIETY THAT GUARANTEES QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION AND DECENT JOBS*

The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) extends our sympathy to friends, family and Nigerian youths who have been left in shock and depression over the sad and sudden demise of musical artiste, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad (Imole). Many reactions have trailed the death of Mohbad after its announcement on 12th of September.

We wish to categorically assert that his death was avoidable and was a product of a mafia profit-spinning music industry and negligence of the state especially the police institution which once again failed to protect the life of a vulnerable person. Today, many Nigerians have fallen victim of death, kidnapping, assault under avoidable circumstances. For instance, it is on record that the late artiste wrote a petition to the police department to intimate them about the threat to his life by Sam Larry, Naira Marley and many other individuals in the Marlian record label. Nothing practical was done by the Nigeria police. Even when news of his assault went viral, the police had their arms fold and watched like humble spectators of a duel. We condemn this criminal nonchalant attitude. Notably, many Nigerians have faced similar situation in the hands of the police, something which also shows failure of the Nigerian state.

While we wait for the outcome of police investigations, it is incontrovertible that the bullying by the Marlian record label nearly pushed Mohbad over the edge on several occasions and cannot be ignored in how he died even if it is found that his death is a product of a different cause.

Mohbad’s short life was a tragic tale of talent, fame, drug, violence and depression. Nigeria’s music industry may be a multi-million dollar empire that has produced several successful talents but in many ways, it operates in the same mafia-like manner the entire Nigerian society operates wherein the big fish swallows the small ones. Mohbad’s experience at the hands of his bullies plays out in every aspect of Nigerian society whether business, politics, education and even religious institutions but the stories of countless victims are unknown apparently because they are not celebrities. So in every sense, Mohbad’s experience actually mirrors the life of millions of struggling Nigerian youth in a brutal capitalist society under which life is brutish and short.

There are allegations that the Marlian record label is a drug cartel. But even if this is not true, it is incontrovertible that the record label boss promotes drug use and violence, hence his arrest by the NDLEA a few years ago. It is also not a coincidence that Mohbad’s persecutors and bullies have links to the Nigerian state going by videos and pictures on social media which show Sam Larry and Naira Marley in the company of the Lagos State governor, Sanwo-Olu and even President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Despite its liberal appurtenances, in the final analysis, the Nigerian capitalist state is nothing but a criminal enterprise.

Due to the appalling state of the economy as a result of years of capitalist neo-liberal policies, something which have created poverty, unemployment and given rise to criminals perpetrating various atrocities and recruiting innocent youth into criminal organizations. We find it shocking that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) reportedly chose Naira Marley to be its ambassador despite serious suspicion of drug dealing roving around him.

A diligent and transparent investigation is needed to unravel the immediate and remote circumstances surrounding the death of Mohbad. We do not share any optimism that the police institution, which kept criminal silence in the face of all the reports of attacks on Mohbad before his death, are capable of giving justice. An investigative panel comprising youth organizations, civil society organisations, NBA, NMA and other progressive platforms along with the Police should be constituted to look into all the issues before and after his death.

The Youth Rights Campaign (YRC) supports the protest actions that have taken place in Lagos, Ogun and Ekiti states, we call for more protest actions to press home demand for justice.

We also use this opportunity to call for an end to the menace of cultism which has eaten deep into the fabric of our society, the entertainment industry greatly suffers from this. Many have fallen victims of bullying, assault and killings which are characteristic of cultism. We urge the youth to join radical organizations like the YRC, and begin to fight for a safe and secured society which also ensures respect for democratic and individual rights as well as social justice. We must also fight for a society which uses its human and material resources to guarantee quality education, functional health care, decent jobs and housing for the vast majority.

Signed

Adaramoye Michael Lenin
National Coordinator,
(08137051249)

Francis Nwapa Watch
National Secretary,
(07032776665)