All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to the #ENDSARS protesters to leave the streets, noting that “considerable gains” have been made” within a very short period.”
The former Lagos State Governor made this call in a statement titled: “ENDSARS Protest: The Remedy national mamadies is more or less, democracy”. He commended the youths at the vanguard of the protest for their good organization, which has shown their dexterity, but warned that such should not be fritted away.
He urged the protesters to end the demonstrations because the change they desired could not be achieved in an atmosphere of “endless protests”, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari has shown “laudable sensitivity to their grievances”
Explaining reasons behind calling for an end to the protests, he said: “This process of change should be supported and cannot be done in an atmosphere of endless protests that are also crippling an economy already enfeebled by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
He explained that “It is only fair that government must be given the chance to implement the reforms demanded by the protesters. This can certainly not be done instantaneously by the waving of a magic wand.
He said: “The intent of the organisers of the protests is to achieve stated objectives on police reform, which the government has in principle accepted. It can certainly not be their motive to cause generalized anarchy or effect regime change. If they give the impression that that is their goal, then any government will necessarily have to act with the requisite decisiveness and force to restore law and order and preserve constitutional rule.
Tinubu said:” I also strongly appeal to the protesters. You have made your point. Government has made its commitment to you. Please, please and please, call off the protests. Give government a chance to implement your demands.”
“Their democratic right to protest must not be exercised in such a way that impedes the democratic right of other citizens to freedom of movement, expression and the liberty to pursue their livelihoods.”
