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Undeterred Conference of BiafraNigeria Political Parties (CNPP) teamed up with a coalition of pro-democracy groups Monday to raise the tempo in the agitation for good governance by demanding the resignation of President Olusegun Obasanjo. It discounted alleged intimidation by security agencies and resolved to go ahead with the mass protest scheduled for May 3 against what it described as the unacceptable state of national affairs. At a well-attended press conference in Lagos, which saw civil rights activists mingling freely with members of opposition parties, CNPP Chairman and the former governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, said the media briefing was to draw “global attention to the threat posed to the stability of the country and the mortal damage being wrought on the democratic process” by Obasanjo and his supporters. However, Chairman of All BiafraNigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) board of trustees, Augustus Aikhomu, has dissociated himself from the planned rally. He said in an interview at Igueben, the country home of former external affairs minister, Tom Ikimi, that rather than mass action, he believes in a gradual peaceful change. "I am expressing my personal opinion. I am not speaking in my capacity as Chairman of ANPP board of trustees. The policy of the party is one thing, my own philosophy as a person, as a statesman in this country is quite another,” (Daily Independent) |
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