No healing without justice’ — Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour replies Tinubu
Governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour says Nigerians can’t heal from the violence and bigotry until justice is served to victims of electoral violence in the country.
Gbadebo lost the March 18 gubernatorial election to Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
There were widespread reports of incidents of electoral violence and voter suppression across the state before and during the elections, while social media was also awash with ethnic slurs and profiling.
On Tuesday, Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect, described the electoral violence that occurred during the elections as “unacceptable and antithetical to democratic ethos”.
Tinubu said his government would start the healing process by embracing the opponents.
But Rhodes-Vivour speaking during a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday, March 22, said the electoral violence must be treated before the healing process could start.
He called on residents of Lagos to be vocal against a “new type of democracy” that is being imposed on them.