Protest rocks US Embassy in Abuja

Protesters in their hundreds on Thursday stormed the United States Embassy in Abuja to seek foreign sanctions against perceived corrupt public officeholders including some serving cabinet ministers in the government of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The protesters who were led by the former member of the House of Representatives and executive secretary of Anti-Corruption Network, Honourable Dino Melaye carried placards with various inscriptions which include Obama help us oo; We say no to corruption and insecurity; Where is the fresh air we were promised; Kill corruption not Nigerians and Kill corruption.
Although security agencies including the military were drafted in to forestall any crisis, leaders of the protest succeeded in peacefully gaining entrance into the embassy where they were received by embassy hierarchy.
The leaders also succeeded in delivering a letter to be transmitted to the US President, Barrack Obama.
Nigerian Tribune got a copy of the letter titled, Corruption with impunity and insecurity in Nigeria.
In the letter with reference number ACN/NEC/CORRP/VOL 1/004, the executive secretary of the group, Honourable Melaye told President Obama that it was with absolute sense of responsibility, duty and patriotism that the group deemed it necessary to draw his attention to the practices of corruption with impunity that is going on in the country and under the present administration.
He said the group was deeply concerned that if the gravity of corrupt practices goes on unchecked, unpunished and unabated, it will definitely worsen the unpalatable security situation and challenges that the country is facing currently.
Honourable Melaye said the anti-graft group seriously appealled to the government of the United States of America and Obama to use his good office and diplomatic influence to impress it upon the Nigerian Government and President Jonathan to stand firm against corruption and recommended that all indicted corrupt government officers’ visas and those of members of their immediate families be withdrawn.
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