Mr. David Ubaha, a lone protester in Akwa Ibom State, has lamented the country’s high living costs, claiming that things are only getting worse following the nationwide #EndBadGovernance demonstration.
Ubaha, a 41-year-old farmer from the state’s Itu Local Government Area, staged a lone protest in Uyo, the state capital, prior to the #EndBadGovernance protest, in which he lamented the country’s economic hardship as a result of President Bola Tinubu’s removal of oil subsidies.
The Akwa Ibom farmer labelled Tinubu’s EndBadGovernance address as “empty,” saying it did not alleviate Nigerians’ pains.
“Things are getting worse in this country. The nationwide #EndBadgovernance protest has produced nothing; we are back to the worst situation never before experienced in this country.”
The lone demonstrator who claimed to have participated in the EndBadGovernance rally criticised the event.
He stated that because Tinubu had preemised to fix the naira and complete the refinery by December 2023, the demonstrators would have set him (Mr President) a two-month deadline to complete the refinery and then asked for his resignation.
“President Bola Tinubu promised to stabilise our naira and build the refinery in 2023, but we are now in 2024 and nothing has happened. The organisers of the EndBadGovernance protest would have given him a month’s ultimatum to build the refinery, and if he failed, they would have asked for his resignation,” he said.
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
