#EndBadGovernance protesters must wait for next election for regime change – Oshiomhole
Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Adams Oshiomhole, has said youths protesting under the #EndBadGovernance will have to wait for the next election.
Oshiomhole said this on Channels Television, while speaking on the ongoing nationwide protests in the country.
“Some people want regime change. You cannot peacefully demand that because the Constitution forbids you to make demands that are unlawful within the position of the constitution”, he stated.
“The only legitimate for those who lost the election is that they must, as of necessity, under the constitution, wait for the next round of elections. Till then, there is nothing they can do. If they seek to short-circuit the system, there will be a problem”.
The former Edo State governor commended the professional conduct of the Nigeria Police so far, regarding the protests.
“Is there anywhere in the world where you haven’t seen protests being resisted by the police? It is an uncomfortable responsibility they have to take,” Oshiomhole stated.
“When I was leading workers when they tear-gassed us, we sometimes had the antidote; we threw the tear gas back.”
“If police believe that you might have to destroy or kill someone, they might have to use those methods. Any protest is a struggle; it is not a tea party.
“So, I, of course, did not celebrate that but I saw a commissioner of police in one state procuring not tear gas but water to give to those who were protesting peacefully.
“It is not about how the police respond now but in totality, the police under this IG has been quite civil.”
