Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media on Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has described as ‘irritants’ members of the RevolutionNow protesters.
Adesina, therefore, said that their actions was “nothing serious to worry about.”
Recall that, on Wednesday, members of #RevolutionNow movement protested in parts of the country where many of their members were reportedly arrested by security operatives.
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But speaking on Channels Television, on Thursday morning, Mr. Adesina said only few youths were involved in the protest and that it should not be seen as a revolution.
In the words of Adesina,“Well, was it really a protest? By my estimation, it just seemed like a child’s play because protests by their very nature are spontaneous things, mass things.
“These are just a sprinkle of people trying to be funny. As far as I am concerned, it is nothing to worry about.
“A revolution is always a mass thing, not a sprinkle of young boys and girls you saw yesterday in different parts of the country. I think it was just a funny thing to call it a revolution protest.
“In a country of 200 million people and if you see a sprinkle of people saying they are doing a revolution, it was a child’s play.
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“Well, it will always matter because if you said it was a revolution, revolutions by definition are quite well known.
“Revolution is something that turns the normal order. What happened yesterday, would you call it a revolution?
“It was just an irritation, just an irritation and some people want to cause irritation in the country and what I will say is when things boil over, they boil over because you continue to heat them,” Adesina said.