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#EndSARS: Let Peace Reign, My Generation Is Exiting, Buhari Tells Nigerian Youth

Nigerian Youths Would Do Well To Keep The Peace, As It Is In Their Own Interest Ultimately, President Muhammadu Buhari Has Said.

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#EndSARS: Let Peace Reign, My Generation Is Exiting, Buhari Tells Nigerian Youth
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Nigerian youths would do well to keep the peace, as it is in their own interest ultimately, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.

The President spoke Monday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, Nigeria’s former Minister of Environment.

“Our own generation is on the last lap, we are exiting,” President Buhari said in response to the recent EndSARS protest, and the mayhem and destruction of public and private property that came in its wake.

“It is in the interest of the youths to keep the peace. They want jobs, infrastructure and development. I have sent a team led by the Chief of Staff (Professor Ibrahim Gambari) to go round the country, talk to traditional rulers, who will then talk to the youths. The views of the youths have been heard,” the president added.He said that the current administration inherited severe infrastructural deficits, “and that is what we are fighting to correct. We can’t just sit, fold our hands, and do nothing. We are doing our best within the limits of resources.”President Buhari rued the fact that COVID-19 has shrunk the global economy, noting that “this is something you can’t see, smell, or hear,” but which has wrought devastation on lives and livelihoods round the world.

On climate change, he said Nigeria was concerned about the recharge of the Lake Chad, which has great implications on security, irregular migration, and livelihoods.

The Deputy Secretary-General said she was on a courtesy call with her team to flag interest on challenges that concern the UN, particularly COVID-19, climate change, security, and humanitarian responses to the diverse challenges.

#EndSARS: If You Are In Lagos Or You Have Someone In Lagos, Take This Message Serious

The Federal And Lagos State Governments
yesterday Warned Organisers Of #OccupyLekki
protests To Desist From Their Action Slated For
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The Federal and Lagos State governments
yesterday warned organisers of #OccupyLekki
protests to desist from their action slated for
tomorrow or face their wrath.
Aside from both governments, Lagos State Police
Commissioner, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, also
advised the protest organisers to have a rethink
but the organisers insisted that they would not
be intimidated into backing down.
The organisers of the protest had said earlier in
the week that it was meant to counter the
pronouncement of Lagos State Panel on
#EndSARS protest which gave Lekki Concession
Company, operators of Lekki Toll Gate, the all-
clear to restart operations.
This is even as another group of protesters
vowed to counter the #OccupyLekki protest to
save Lagos from further destruction.
Speaking on the planned protest at a media
briefing in Abuja yesterday, Minister of
Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the
Federal Government will not fold its arms and
allow another round of protests under the banner
of the #ENDSARS movement.
Mohammed, who pointed out the atrocities
visited on the country and Nigerians during the
violent #EndSARS protests of last October,
warned: “Any further resort to violence in the
name of #EndSARS will not be tolerated this
time.
Security agents ready, says FG
“The security agents are ready for any
eventuality. A situation in which six soldiers and
37 policemen were murdered in cold blood by
hoodlums will not repeat itself. The attack,
looting and razing of 269 private and public
property will not happen again. The killing of 57
civilians will not be re-enacted.
“Let me be clear: While peaceful protests are
the constitutional rights of Nigerians, violent
protests are not. At this time, the chances that
any peaceful protest will be hijacked are very
high.
“Based on the intelligence at the disposal of the
Federal Government, some Nigerian activists
have linked up with others outside Nigeria,
including subversive elements, with a view to
destabilizing the country. We cannot and must
not allow this to happen.
“Never again will the Federal Government allow
the kind of violence that was perpetrated across
the country under the guise of #EndSARS last
October. Never again will anyone or group be
allowed to destroy cities or to kill and maim
innocent citizens, including security agents,
under any guise.
“The #EndSARS campaign last October started
as a peaceful protest against police brutality. As
a government that believes in the
constitutionally-guaranteed right of citizens to
engage in peaceful protests, the Federal
Government did nothing to hinder the protests
for as long as they remained peaceful.
“Not only that, the Federal Government moved
swiftly to accede to the five-point demands by
the #EndSARS campaigners which are
immediate release of all arrested protesters;
justice for all deceased victims of police
brutality and appropriate compensation for their
families; setting up of an independent body to
oversee the investigation and prosecution of all
reports of police misconduct within 10 days; in
line with the new Police Act, psychological
evaluation and retraining (to be confirmed by an
independent body) of all disbanded SARS
officers before they can be redeployed; and an
increase in police salary, so they are adequately
compensated for protecting the lives and
property of citizens.
“Unfortunately, despite the acceptance of the
demands, the protesters misread the Federal
Government’s respect for the rule of law and
defiantly continued to demonstrate and occupy a
public facility, even after a curfew was declared
by Lagos State government.
“This led to a series of actions that culminated
in the hijacking of the protests by hoodlums
who perpetrated unimaginable violence in Lagos
and other cities across the country.
“The trillion-Naira destruction of Lagos, in
particular, remains too fresh a wound. Hundreds,
including the youth, lost their livelihoods to the
wanton attacks in Lagos. The burnt wreckage of
public buses that were wantonly set ablaze by
rampaging hoodlums remain in their positions as
a sad and gory reminder of the unprecedented
attacks. The city is still reeling from the war-like
destruction.
“For those who are using justice as an alibi for
another round of destruction, let me say this: As
we speak, the judicial panels of inquiry set up
across the country to receive and investigate
complaints of police brutality or related extra-
judicial killings, with a view to delivering justice
for all victims of the dissolved SARS and other
police units, are continuing with the
assignments.
Desist from protests tomorrow — FG
“In Lagos, the Judicial Panel of Inquiry has an
added responsibility of investigating the incident
of October 20 at the Lekki Toll Gate. Like we
have said many times, anyone who has any
information on the alleged shooting or purported
massacre at the Lekki Toll Gate, including the
names and addresses of those who were
purportedly killed, should head to the panel to
give it such information. “This is how to
enhance the search for justice, not by rabble-
rousing or engaging in media shows. We,
therefore, strongly warn those who are planning
to re-occupy Lekki Toll Gate on Saturday to
desist.
“We know that many of those who have been
loudest on social media in advertising the plan to
reconvene in Lagos on Saturday are not even in
Nigeria. They are elsewhere around the world,
fanning the embers of violence and inciting
gullible people back home. No one should fall for
their antics.
“No government anywhere will allow a repeat of
the kind of destruction, killing and maiming
wrought by the hijackers of #EndSARS protests
last year. After all, only one policeman – (plus
four others) – was killed in the invasion of the
US Capitol in January, yet the FBI has continued
to hunt down and prosecute the perpetrators. No
life is more important than the other.
“The Federal Government is also keenly
watching the role being played by the various
social media platforms in this renewed clamour
for violence in the country.
“Recall that the social media platforms that
eagerly nudged on the #EndSARS protesters,
until the situation got out of hand, are the same
ones that quickly pulled the plug on even their
own President when the chips were down in their
own country. I hope we have all learnt our
lessons. If we allow them to destroy our country,
we will bear the brunt.”
Shelve tomorrow’s protest — LASG
Also warning against the protests yesterday,
Lagos State government urged youths not to
protest at the Lekki tollgate tomorrow.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Information,
Gbenga Omotosho, who made the appeal during
an interview on Arise TV, pleaded with the
protesters not to “cause trouble” in the state,
adding that there was nothing to warrant a fresh
protest in Lagos.
He said: “We all saw what happened in October
last year, how some of the iconic buildings in
Lagos were razed.
“We saw how human lives were wasted,
including policemen and nobody prays for that
kind of thing to happen in Lagos again. Because
of that, the Lagos State government has been
suing for peace.
“We have been meeting traditional rulers, youth
organisations, civil societies, and people we think
can influence things for us not to have the kind
of thing that happened in October last year.
“As it is now, Lagos will require peace to grow
our economy. We need peace for Lagosians to
display their creative skills.
“Nobody wants to go back to the scene of
October 2020. We are appealing to both sides
not to cause trouble in Lagos so that we can
continue to focus on the economic and social
issues that are facing us.
“We have COVID-19, all manners of things that
are coming up that the state government is
tackling. This is going to be a big distraction. We
are appealing to both sides. Lagos belongs to all
of us.”
We won’t allow any protests — Lagos Police
boss
Similarly, Lagos State Police Commissioner,
Hakeem Odumosu, said yesterday that the
command would not allow the protests to take
place.
“Allowing both groups to carry out their planned
protests will be counter-productive. No protest
in any guise will be allowed to take place on
Saturday, February 13, 2021 (today),” Odumosu
vowed.
Threats won’t deter us, organisers vow
Insisting on the protest yesterday, organisers of
the planned #OccupyLekki protest at Lekki toll
gate listed the ban on crypto-currency as one of
the reasons for the protest, beyond the ruling of
Lagos Judicial Panel.
In a statement, titled “EndSARS Season 2, Why
we will #OccupyLekkiTollGate on Saturday –
Campaigners,” issued in Lagos yesterday, the
organisers explained that they were undaunted
by threats by security operatives and counter-
protesters under the aegis of #DefendLagos.
The statement read: “After committing genocide
by killing scores of people who were peacefully
protesting at Lekki Toll Gate and other parts of
Lagos, Governor Sanwo-Olu and other oppressors
want to spit on the dead and dance on the blood
of the innocent by reopening the yahoo gate to
be collecting money again.
“We say NO! We are undaunted! We will be
occupying Lekki Toll gate again, starting from
Saturday February 13. We urge all well-meaning
Nigerians to return all the barricades as our
rulers have shown that they can never change.
Since the #EndSARS, they are yet to effect any
of the promises. Police brutality is still raging
and SARS is still operating.
“Despite overwhelming and highly compelling
evidence showing how several protesters were
shot by the military, no single military personnel
has been brought to book.
“Deaths have been established and many victims
of the Lekki shootings have surfaced, yet neither
the victims or families of our deceased
colleagues have got justice.
“After close to five months of sitting, the judicial
panel meant to inquire into the Lekki massacre
has refused to deliver justice to victims of the
Lekki massacre, most of whom have either lost
their limbs due to gun wounds or have become
deceased.
“Despite overwhelming grounds of involvement
of Governor Sanwo-Olu and ex-army chief,
Buratai, in the Lekki massacre, neither of them
has been brought to book. President Buhari
instead appointed them ambassadors, so they
won’t be arrested and prosecuted for genocide
and war crimes at The Hague.
“Despite #EndSARS, police brutality and extra-
judicial killings continue unabated. Government
has refused to provide employment for young
people, yet they went ahead to ban the most
promising source of income of young people —
cryptocurrency.
“Nigerians are extremely poorer and yet the cost
of food is on the high side, with increased cost
of electricity that only produces darkness. Petrol
price is being increased as marketers want it at
N190 per litre.
“Nigerians are no longer secure in any part of
the country. When they are not being harassed
or extra-judicially murdered by police, they are
being kidnapped, maimed or killed by bandits.
“Today, the life of cows has become more
valuable than those of Nigerians, even as our
streets and communities have fallen to the rule
of kidnappers and bandits.
The Nigerian government now negotiates and
enriches terrorists and bandits, while chasing
after and arresting, shooting and killing
protesters.
“It is to this end that we call on you all to come
out en masse to demand not just justice for
victims and fallen heroes of October 20 killings
but that all involved in this heinous criminality be
brought to book.
‘’Come out to demand the right to life and to
exist in a country that respects our rights as
citizens, abhors police brutality/extrajudicial
killings, provides us with security, decent jobs
with good wages and other such socio-economic
rights that come with being a citizen.”
LCC appeals
Meanwhile, Lekki Concession Company Limited,
LCC, operators of the toll gate, yesterday,
appealed to Nigerians planning to stage a
protest at the Admiralty Circle Toll Plaza
tomorrow to rescind their decision.
It said another protest at the toll gate has the
potentials of repeating the disruptions people
suffered last year, in the aftermath of the
#EndSARS protest, explaining that it approached
the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry for
permission to repossess the facilities in order to
halt further losses in its operations.
File: Protesters
Managing Director of the company, Mr. Yomi
Omomuwasan, who made the appeal, said: “We
have lately been made aware from media reports
that two groups, #OccupyLekkiTollGate and
#DefendLagos/#DemNoBornDemPapaWell, are
planning to demonstrate at our already
destroyed Admiralty Circle Toll Plaza on
Saturday, following the decision of Lagos Judicial
Panel of Inquiry to hand the Toll plaza back to
us.
“It was in a bid to halt further losses to our
operations, especially given our subsisting
financial commitments to local and foreign
institutions, that we approached the Lagos
Judicial Panel of Inquiry for permission to
repossess our facilities.
“Our intent with the request was to enable us
evaluate the damages, process insurance claims
and rebuild the burnt facilities before the
commencement of operations in order to
continue to fulfill our loan repayment and other
financial obligations.
“We want to place on record that we cooperated
fully with the panel and made a strong
representation through our lawyers concerning
the return of our assets, a request the panel
graciously granted on Saturday, February 6,
2021.
“We are, therefore, distressed by the reactions
the decision of the panel has elicited from some
members of the public and their resolve to again
forcibly take over the already destroyed plaza on
Saturday.
“We wish to use this medium to appeal to well-
meaning Nigerians from across the divide to
reconsider the decision, which has the potentials
of repeating the disruptions we all suffered,
especially bringing sad memories to the various
families that were affected by the protest of
October 2020.
“It is also pertinent to restate and put it on
record that, just like other businesses on the
Lekki corridor, LCC is also a victim of the
events, as assets worth several billions of Naira
were destroyed during the protests.
“LCC had nothing to do with the protest against
police brutality, which was the central point of
the youth agitation. As an organization, we were
unlucky to have been caught in the web.”
He noted that the company was incorporated as
a special purpose vehicle to build, operate and
maintain the Eti-Osa Lekki Toll road under a 30-
year concession.

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