Amnesty International has warned that threatening protesters would undermine the legacy of President Bola Tinubu.

Since the ‘End bad governance in Nigeria’ campaign started gaining traction on social media, many top government officials have advised against the demonstrations, arguing that the protest could be hijacked by hoodlums. They urged citizens to have faith in the current administration, noting that the President is committed to addressing the welfare and concerns of Nigerians.

However, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, the Chairman of Amnesty International in Nigeria, commended security agencies for their democratic conduct. “For anybody to come and say what you are doing is illegal or we will deal with you when you do that, you are actually undermining the President who so much believes in democratic tenets,” he said on Channels Television’s Dateline Abuja, which aired on Saturday.

“Let me thank the security agencies for realising that the initial threats they were making to brutally deal with protesters, especially peaceful protesters, were actually undermining the integrity of the Tinubu administration. They were making a democratic reversal as the President himself is someone who believes in democracy, and democracy gives opportunity for people to express themselves