Anyaoku-led The Patriots asks Tinubu to convene constituent assembly

A group, The Patriots, met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, requesting the President to immediately constitute a constituent assembly with a view to producing a people-oriented draft constitution.

Led by the former Secretary of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, the group urged the president to initiate an executive bill to be sent to the National Assembly for approval of the constituent assembly to be constituted.

They said the outcome of the constituent assembly, which should consist of three persons each from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, should be subjected to ratification by a referendum.

On the ongoing nationwide hunger protests, the group urged the federal and state governments to engage the leaders of the protesters in dialogue.

They also advised the security agencies to desist from using lethal weapons in the management of the crisis.