Sowore attempt to change govt before election is treasonable __ Keyamo

The minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, says any attempt to change the present government other than the ballot box is treasonable and no reasonable government will tolerate such an attempt.

Moreso, his reactions was as a reaction to the shooting of former presidential candidate and publisher of online news medium, SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, who was injured by a tear gas canister fired by a police operative in Abuja.

Sowore was reportedly shot on Monday while protesting an end to insecurity in the country by a female police officer at the Unity Fountain in Abuja.

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“After long years of turbulent, military governments, Nigerians have agreed to adopt democracy as the best and only form of govt. Any attempt to change a government other than the ballot box or other constitutional means is treasonable no matter how it is packaged in some sentimental jargon,” Keyamo wrote on Twitter.

“All arguments against a govt should be geared towards persuading the citizens to vote against it at the next polls or invoking constitutional provisions through democratic institutions. Any shortcut outside these is an invitation to anarchy and no reasonable govt will tolerate it.”

All arguments against a govt should be geared towards persuading the citizens to vote against it at the next polls or invoking constitutional provisions through democratic institutions. Any shortcut outside these is an invitation to anarchy and no reasonable govt will tolerate it

— Festus Keyamo, SAN (@fkeyamo) May 31, 2021