Posted on: 06:00 Thu, 14 Apr 2016



Aregbesola was recently embarrassed
by protesters in Osun state as they
advocated against corruption in the
state.

Members of the Committee for the
Defence of Human Rights who
staged a public protest against
corruption in Osogbo, the Osun
State capital on Wednesday,
stopped the convoy of Governor
Rauf Aregbesola on his way to the
office.

A Punch correspondent observed
that members of the CDHR, who
were marching against corruption
in the public sector, had blocked
one of the lanes of the Gbongan-
Ibadan Expressway while they were
being watched by security officials.

The governor’s convoy met
members of the CDHR in front of
the Federal High Court but the
group, armed with anti-corruption
banners and leaflets, initially did
not give way to the convoy until
the policemen in the pilot vehicles
came down and dispersed the
protesters.

The protesters said the amount of
money looted from the public
treasury was enough to provide
first- class infrastructure all over
the country. They lamented the
hardship and endemic corruption
which Nigeria had been plunged
into.

The Chairman of the CDHR in Osun
State, Mr. Akin Asifat, said
corruption was responsible for the
current economic crisis the nation
was facing.



The governor later received
members of the CDHR, who
dropped their letter with him at the
Governor’s Office.

Aregbesola commended them for
their efforts against human rights
abuses, saying many Nigerians had
benefited from their efforts.

He said, “As we are condemning
corruption, so must we speak
against low productivity,
corruption is a scourge that must
be stopped and low productivity is
a curse that must be rejected.”

The governor urged them to
continue to support the anti-
corruption crusade of President
Muhammadu Buhari-led
administration.