Scores of demonstrators took to the streets of Abuja on Thursday to protest President Bola Tinubu's appointment of a notable member of Peoples Democratic Party, Asu Okang, as the commissioner representing Cross River State on the board of Niger Delta Development Commission.
The protest is coming on the heel of a similar one held in Calabar, Cross River capital, on Wednesday.
Tinubu had on Tuesday approved the appointment of a new board and management team for the NDDC.
The announcement was made in a statement by his presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale.
But Tinubu’s choice of Okang as Cross River Representative on the NDDC board sparked outrage and protests among APC supporters, who insisted that it will be unfair for the president to appoint a PDP member to reap their sweat.
Thursday's demonstration in Abuja was led by a group of aggrieved party members under the aegis of Cross River APC Stakeholders.
Chanting solidarity songs and displaying several banners that read, “Asu Okang not an APC member" "Cross River an APC State, not PDP" and "Cross River rejects Asu Okang as NDDC commissioner," the protesters embarked on a peaceful walk from the popular Unity Fountain to the National Assembly.
Credit: Punch
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