Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has warned protesters against allowing themselves to be used to call for military coup in the country.
Falana in a statement, said calling for a military coup or waving the flag of Russia, constitutes a gross abuse of the constitutional right to protest against the Nigerian government.
He said, “While we support the right of the #EndBadGovernance protesters, we have a patriotic duty to call on them to distance themselves from undemocratic forces who have taken advantage of the peaceful protests to engage in violence or campaign for a military coup in the country.
“It has become necessary to point out that calling for a military coup or waving the flag of Russia, a country known for supporting unconstitutional changes of government in Africa, constitutes a gross abuse of the constitutional right to protest against the Government of Nigeria.
“The legitimate protests against hardship in the land should not be turned into a campaign for an unconstitutional change of government.”
