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Can't I walk free again? Oshiomhole queries
WHAT could have been a confrontation between Labour President Adams Oshiomhole and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja Police Commissioner, Emmanuel Adebayo, was arrested yesterday with gentlemanly persuasion and a recognised concession. But the resolution came in company of a poser from Oshiomhole: "Don't I have a right to my personal life and decisions any more?"
From the early hours of yesterday, the movement of persons within and around the Labour House had been restricted with the few motorists braving the route directed elsewhere.
Everything went with tense smoothness until it came true for Oshiomhole and his aides to visit the Aso Villa on invitation by President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The Labour leader decided to trek the 15 kilometres between the Labour House and Aso Villa.
That got Adebayo uneasy. It wasn't difficult to imagine the images crowding the Police Commissioner's mind as he tactfully raised his objections; Oshiomhole's decision to trek along the over 15 kilometres between Labour House and Aso Villa will draw undue attention to him from onlookers."
It was then Oshiomhole countered with his poser: "Don't I have a right to my personal life and decisions anymore?"
The police chief's response to Oshiomhole's query was a delicate cross between diplomacy and security obligations: "You do, Mr. Oshiomhole. But in this matter, you may have to help us to suspend that right," said the CP.
After much persuasion, Oshiomhole agreed to hop into his personal Toyota car with registration number, NLC:01. He zoomed off to the Aso Rock where he met with President Olusegun Obasanjo.
There was no major rally organised by the NLC yesterday in Abuja. The NLC team led by Acting General Secretary, Comrade Salihu Lukman merely monitored the response of the Abuja residents to the stay-at-home order by driving round the city. He described the compliance of the Abuja residents to the stay-at-home as "satisfactory".
On city roads were deserted except for some motorists who defied the NLC order.
Most filling stations were shut. Banks and other business outfits were locked.
At the Wuse Main Market, few shops were open. At the entrance to the gates, there were armed policemen in joint patrol with military vans and some soldiers.
Within the Federal Capital Territory, it was an uneasy calm.
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