Cupp asks opposition Governors and Lawmakers to boycott June 12 celebrations over Ait closure

… OPPOSITION GOVERNORS, LAWMAKERS, MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS ASKED TO OBEY DIRECTIVE

The opposition coalition the CUPP has thoroughly considered circumstances surrounding the withdrawal of the broadcast license of Daar communications Plc, operators of AIT and RayPower FM station and has hereby directed all opposition Governors, Lawmakers, members of allied parties, supporters and indeed all Nigerians sympathetic to the cause of Chief MKO Abiola , Freedom of Speech and the Nigerian opposition to boycott the events marking the June 12 democracy day celebrations if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to reverse the decision of the NBC to close down the stations.

A nation that suppresses free speech and unlawfully shuts down media houses cannot invite people to celebration to mark the same democracy they are trying to destroy .
The celebration is at best a mockery of democracy and the memory of Chief MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 elections who himself was a media mogul and also suffered so much in the hands of the Maximum dictator Sani Abacha whom President Muhammadu Buhari served, adored and defended till date and whom he still emulates till this day.

The CUPP also enjoins all media Houses in the country to do whatever is lawful and they consider necessary to do in defence of free speech and protection of constitutional and democratic rights.

Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere
Opposition Coalition Spokesperson