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#EndSARS: Don’t use soldiers to quell protests, Gani Adams tells FG

18th October 2020
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Federal Government has been urged not to use soldiers to forcefully stop the #ENDSARS protests that have gripped more than 20 states in the country.
 
Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland Iba Gani Adams made the plea in a letter written to President Mohammadu Buhari.
In the letter that was dispatched to the president on Sunday , Adams told Buhari to enter into constructive dialogue with the protesters rather than using soldiers to quell protest. 
“I can’t imagine soldiers being sent to stop protests. Soldiers are to fight external aggression. We are dealing with peaceful protesters. It is wrong to give the impression that Nigeria is at war with her citizens. We must do everything to promote and defend democratic culture, ” Adams said.
He stated that the issue of  using soldiers to quell protests by civilians have already been declared illegal by the Federal High Court in July 2020.
He reminded the president that protests have hit many countries this year and none has resorted to using soldiers to suppress the protesters
He also urged the protesters to ensure the process is not hijacked by violent and recalcitrant people.
“I condemn violence in all forms. I strongly condemn the actions of some security operatives that murdered the protesters. The list available to me shows 20 people have been killed across the country. I also condemn in the most profound manner the killing of any protester or the killing of any security official associated with the protests” Adams wrote
He berated the incidence of violence linked with some protesters in some states of the Federation
“The protests have been largely peaceful. The resort to violence by a section of the protesters is condemnable. It is uncalled for. Violence seeks veangace and creates wounds which scars never heal. Violence diminishes critical thinking, undermines democracy and destroys any noble
 intention of the protesters. It also questions the quality of those behind the protests. On the other hand, adoption of a violent  response by the state should never be considered an option..
“I saw clips of the attack on the convoy of the Governor of Osun State, His Excellency,Gboyega Oyetola. This is detasteful. In the same way I condemn the violent attacks on the convoy of the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi. It’s unfortunate that the incidence in Osun led to avoidable deaths”, he sated.
Adams said the killings and violence are ill winds for the South West and Nigeria adding that such attacks might by explored by political interests to plunge the South West into a state of emergency
He urged President Buhari to see the protest as a form of resistance against systemic failure, corruption, economic and political exclusion and above all incompetence at all levels
He urged the president to initiate the process for the transformation of the police force to an organ driven by public interest
“The police should not just be reformed, it should be transformed. This is the time for you to work with the National Assembly to establish state and community policing system in line with the fundamental principles of Federalism. You have a golden opportunity to do this. Go ahead and take the bull by the horn and save Nigerian from the potential of horrendous evil of a garrison state” Adams said
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