2nd April, 2022
Richard Elesho
The National President of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Comrade Qadri Olaleye, has made a passionate call on President Muhammadu Buhari to relinquish power if he can no longer guarantee the security of life and property.
Olaleye made the call on Friday while speaking on the terrorists’ attack on the Abuja to Kaduna train.
Olaleye spoke in Okene, Kogi State at the burial of the late General Secretary of TUC, Comrade Lawal Ozigi who was killed by terrorists during Tuesday’s attack on the train.
In his comments at the burial ceremony, Olaleye lamented that nobody seem to be safe in the country anymore.
He said “Children can no longer go to school. You can not travel again and we can not close our two eyes when sleeping. If the president can not provide security for the citizens then he should resign as president.”.
He maintained that if the government had listened to the people about the worsening security situation in the country, this situation wouldn’t have occurred.
He stressed that people voted for President Buhari because he promised to solve all the insecurity problems in the country.
“But where are we today?” he asked rhetorically.
Olaleye pointed out that the late General Secretary was the engine room of the union.
He added that he was on his way to Kaduna for their meeting when the train he took was attacked.
Olaleye concluded that the train attack that killed its General Secretary and Kwara State chapter chairman, Comrade Akin Akinsola has shown that the APC-led Federal government has performed far below average in providing security to Nigerians.