The Movement for the Emancipation of Nigeria (MEN) strongly condemns the recent State House Press Release in which a presidential appointee shamelessly threatened former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan over his reported decision to contest an election. This is a reckless abuse of state power and a direct assault on Nigeria’s democracy.
Goodluck Jonathan is a private citizen with the same constitutional right as any Nigerian to seek elective office. No one — not even those currently in Aso Rock — has the authority to intimidate or silence him. That a government would deploy public resources to attack a citizen shows deep insecurity and fear of the people’s will.
We remind President Tinubu and his handlers that the Nigerian state belongs to the people, not a party or cabal. State power is a trust, not a weapon. Attempting to bully citizens for exercising their rights is not only cowardly — it is undemocratic and unacceptable.
MEN demands an immediate apology to Dr. Jonathan, sanctions against the official responsible, and a clear assurance that such authoritarian tendencies will never be repeated. Nigerians will not tolerate any attempt to shrink our democratic space or silence opposition voices.
Nigeria is not a dictatorship — and we will resist every attempt to make it one.
Signed: Solomon Dalung, Esq. Commandant General Movement for the Emancipation of Nigeria (MEN) Abuja
