The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Monday, warned the Federal Government against making any move to escalate the ongoing EndSARS protest in the country but urged it to use the opportunity to restructure the country.
Afenifere, in a statement by its leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, titled: ‘#ENDSARS: Our stand’,
stated that the protests were cumulative actions of mindless ruling elites over the years adding that “We cannot afford to continue running Nigeria in the old ways.”
The statement reads: “Afenifere is not in the least surprised by the, =ENDSARS protests that have rocked Nigeria for several days now as it is a natural flow from the cumulative actions of mindless ruling elites over the years and as the no time comes often in history.
We salute the Nigerian youth who have risen to say enough to the excesses of the Nigerian state symbolized by the crimes of SARS at this period in history.
The Nigerian youth have always shown indignation against state irresponsibility at critical stages over decades.
In 1961, they shot down the Anglo-Nigerian defend pact. In1978, they took over the streets of Nigeria in the “Ali Must Go” crisis. In 1986,they had a showdown over the killings of four ABU students by the police and in 1992, it was the anti – SAP revolt.
And at a time the government was thinking that it had removed the spark of protests in Nigeria with organized labor compromise over the hike in fuel prices and electricity tarfif, the young people woke up again over the extra – judicial killings and other brutalifies of SARS.
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