Speaking on Joy FM’s Newsfile on Saturday, July 6, he highlighted the dangerous implications of ignoring public sentiment and historical lessons.

He made these comments in reaction to the Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin’s call on leadership to pay more attention to public concerns about leadership in order to avoid a replica of the protest by young people in Kenya.

Referencing a warning from Archbishop Duncan Williams about the growing anger on the streets, Dr Kennedy noted that the conduct of public officials seemed to be provoking potential explosions of public unrest.

“The conduct of our public officials seems to be daring the streets to explode and I fear that when it does explode, it will be too late to do anything about it,” he stated.

While applauding Mr Afenyo-Markin’s recent remarks, he urged Parliament to take further steps towards accountability beyond the talk.

Drawing parallels with historical events, Dr Kennedy cautioned against complacency, citing the example of Chile in 1973, which experienced a sudden and destabilising coup despite a century of uninterrupted democracy.

He also referenced the Arab Spring and revolutions driven by economic discontent, underscoring the cyclical nature of history and the risks of ignoring underlying economic grievances.

“Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat its tragedies,” he warned.

Mr Asekun was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport on his way to London, United Kingdom.

At the point of his arrest, he was caught with a kilogram of cocaine concealed in five pairs of palm slippers packed inside his suitcase.

According to a statement on Wednesday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the suspect has been on the agency’s wanted list since December 2020 “in connection with a case involving one Azeez Adeniyi Ibrahim who was arrested with 6.45kg of cocaine.”

Although he claims to be an international businessman who deals in automobiles, investigation is yet to confirm that to be the source of his acquired wealth.

In the course of tracking him, the sum of N131million was seized from his account, and another N14 million also blocked in the account of one of his traffickers, Azeez Adeniyi Ibrahim, bringing the total sum so far recovered from him to N145 million.”

During preliminary investigation, it was gathered that the supposed London-based baron is a seasoned politician.

He was at different times between 2004 and 2014 the vice chairman of Lagos Island East LCDA. He had also contested and lost elections for House of Representatives in 2007 and Lagos state house of assembly in 2015.

According to reports, the PDP governorship aspirant died during a fat removal operation on Tuesday in Lagos State.

It was gathered that there was a power outage and the back up generator failed to come up, leading to his death.

Residents of Bayelsans state where he resided before his demise are in a state of shock and have taken to social media to mourn him.

Some have questioned why God will allow the life of such a benevolent man end in tragedy.

Maria Victoria Barros, 25, is a member of the state assembly in Parana and daughter of Mr Temer’s health minister.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the church where the ceremony was taking place on Friday evening.
Pelted with eggs, she had to leave the church in an armoured vehicle.
The lavish ceremony attracted the state’s political elite, including her father, Ricardo Barros, and her mother, Cida Borghetti, Parana’s deputy governor.
At least 30 members of the Brazilian Congress were invited to travel from the capital Brasilia for the wedding in the Parana state capital, Curitiba.
Demonstrators carried anti-government signs and shouted slogans at Ms Barros, accusing her of being a “coup plotter”.
Footage posted on YouTube shows security guards opening umbrellas to try to protect the bride and groom as they left the Church of the Rosary.

A detachment of riot police was eventually called in to protect the newly-weds and their guests.
Ms Barros said the protest was linked to her mother’s recent decision to run for state governor and had been “financed by left-wing parties and unions”.
She regretted the attacks against some of the guests but added: “This is the price of democracy”.
The incident is another illustration of how split and bitter Brazilian politics has become since the impeachment last year of Mr Temer’s predecessor, Dilma Rousseff.
During the impeachment trial, Ms Rousseff described the move as a right-wing coup, supported by her vice-president at the time, Mr Temer.
Supporters of her Workers’ Party were further angered by the conviction of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday to nine years and six months in jail for corruption.
Lula has rejected claims that he received an apartment as a bribe in a corruption scandal linked to state oil company Petrobras.
He has appealed against the verdict, saying the trial was politically-motivated, aimed at preventing him from running for office again next year.
Lula served eight years as president until 2011.
Federal Judge Sergio Moro, from Parana state, ruled that he could remain free pending an appeal.
 
 

The former spokesperson for the Blue party was found guilty of the charges earlier this month after his arrest in December 2015 for igniting the Oromo protests that resulted in the death of thousands of people.

The sentence follows an appeal by his lawyer Shibiru Belete Birru for a minimum sentence as the charges carried up to 20 years prison sentence, local media Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported Thursday.

After his arrest, Tesfaye was held incommunicado during the pre-trial period until May 2016 when he was charged with terrorism under the country’s anti-terrorism law.

He has maintained his innocence throughout the trial based on the 2009 law that prescribes jail terms for anyone who publishes information that could induce readers to commit acts of terrorism.

Yonatan Tesfaye’s sentencing follows the conviction of journalist Getachew Shiferaw who was also arrested in late December 2015 and charged in May 2016 with involvement in the operations of the outlawed anti-government group Ginbot 7.

That charge was dismissed but he was found guilty on Wednesday of public provocation to commit “crimes against the external security and defensive power” of the state.

He will be sentenced Friday.

Ethiopia has been accused of regularly using security concerns as an excuse to stifle anti-government statements and clamp down on media freedoms.