Angry Osun Bishop, in solo demonstration against Buhari's fuel hike

President Muhammadu Buhari, may soon receive another trekker to him at his Aso Rock abode, this time, quite different from Hasheem Suleiman, who made waves last year shortly after he won the presidential election.

It would be a rare trekker, from quite unusual and uncharacteristic quarters - the house of God, coming not in joy and hope to congratulate him, but in anger and desperation, to scold him for the suffering Nigerians are currently facing under his care.

Bishop Seun Adeoye

That is assuming the threat of Bishop Seun Adeoye of Osun State, is anything to go by.

In what appears a confirmation of the apparent groundswell of impatience building up among growing segments of Nigerians to the President’s policies, Adeoye on Monday, took to the street in a solo protest against the unilateral increase in the pump price of petrol, one of Nigeria’s prime domestic commodities.

The increase, which has since taken effect since it was announced by the Federal Government, last Wednesday, has raised the temperature of the Nigerian polity, with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) threatening to shut down the country through strike, billed for Wednesday this week.

Adeoye, Bishop of Sufficient Grace and Truth Ministry, who is a former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Council started the protest in front of the Osun State Government House, Okefia around 10am and marched to the popular Olaiya Junction where he addressed journalists.

Dressed in full regalia of his office, with a placard, which bore the inscription “N145 per litre: This is not change but chain,” the bishop said he would not keep quiet in the face of injustice and oppression because the masses who he described as voiceless were the ones being affected adversely by the government policy.

President Buhari

He also threatened to trek from Osogbo to Abuja to protest against the policy if the Federal Government refused to review the policy, adding: “This is not the change they promised the people. At most it should be N95 per litre. This price is too much, many Nigerians are dying because they cannot feed and do other necessary things like buying drugs and all that. Things are very bad and this hike would worsen it.

“There is hike in electricity tariff; things are very expensive and the salaries have remained the same despite this. Churches are distributing food and other items to members every day. Nigerians have been turned to beggars.

“Most of those who are supporting the policy are doing so because they can afford to buy a litre of fuel even for N1000. But we have to think of the majority of the people whose standard of living are seriously affected.”

Source Whirlwindnews.com