Co-conveners of the #EndSARS protest in Osun have distanced themselves from another round of protest on Monday, describing the development as self-serving, needless, unnecessary and capable of compromising the peace and progress of the state.
A group of youths, led by one Emmanuel Adebayo, had on Monday staged a protest to the House of Assembly in Osogbo, demanding, among others, the disbandment of the panel of inquiry against police brutality and non-inclusion of EndSARS activists in the panel. But, in a letter to the Director of the Department of State Service (DSS), the EndSARS co-conveners said Adebayo, was pursuing a different agenda personal to him and has nothing to do with EndSARS agitations in Osun.
The letter was signed by Ayo Ologun; Rauf Sadiq Success; Oluwasegun Idowu; Babawale Popoola, Ismaheel Abdulazeez; Chairman of Nigerian Youth Council, Teslim Salawudeen; President, National Association of Osun State Students (NAOSS) and Fisayo Aderemi.
They said the fresh protest was needless and unnecessary considering the quantum of destruction and looting that characterised the recent protest in the state and the ongoing proceedings of the panel.
According to them, Adebayo’s inability to foist himself as a member of the panel and satisfaction of his personal interest are the only driving forces for the new protest to create unnecessary tension and confusion in the state.