‘It won’t produce any result’ – Edo farmers reject planned nationwide protest

The Edo State chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, has distanced itself from the proposed planned protest against President Bola Tinubu’s administration, over the continued economic hardship in the country.

DAILY POST reports that Alhaji Bako Dogwo, the state AFAN chairman, disclosed this during a meeting with members of the association in Benin City.

Dogwo said the association would not be part of the protest because some of its members lost property worth hundreds of millions of naira to the #EndSARS protest in the state.

He said as of the day, the members are still counting their losses as they were not compensated in spite of the recommendations of the panel set up by the government.

“We will stay away from it because protests have been going on for a long time in the country, and they have not produced any positive results.

“During the #EndSARS protest in 2020, AFAN members lost property worth several millions of naira. Their stores were broken into and property looted and destroyed.

“We are aware that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a message appealing to Nigerians not to protest, that his government is doing a lot of things to address the economic hardship in the country.
“As a result of that we don’t want our members property and farms to be destroyed.

“The protesters can decide to go to our farm and destroy our crops. On that day we all will be going to our farms to prevent anybody invading the farms,” he said.