President Muhammadu Buhari will take a major action on the
#EndSARS protest across the nation in a few hours, according to Babagana
Monguno, national security adviser.
Monguno broke the news at the end of the fourth national
security council meeting, on Thursday.
Addressing state house correspondents after the meeting,
which lasted three hours, Monguno said issues around the current security
situation were discussed.
“This situation, we all know is very very grave situation,
giving a lot of concern to everyone most especially Mr. President,” he said.
“Mr. President has directed that government should do
whatever is necessary in order to bring about an agreeable resolution to this
crisis.
“So far, the government has been able to concede to the
demands of the protesters. The initial demands have been considered and it
appears now that the riots are taking a different and unwanted dimension. And
Mr. President is very concern about this development and does not want a
situation in which everything breaks down and results in anarchy, in
lawlessness and people taking the law into their own hands.
“For one thing, if government can begin to make concessions,
then its also logical for the protesters, those that are aggrieved also to take
a step back, take stock of their activities and come to a meeting point with
government and its agencies.
“It is not Mr. President’s desire to see any unwanted loss of
lives and he is determined to ensure that things do not cascade into unpleasant
situation. Therefore, he has directed all the security agencies to operate
within the confines of legitimacy, the confines of legality, not to do anything
that will aggravate the situation.
“The President himself, I have just left his office, is also
going to deal with these issues in a specific manner apart from what has just
taken place in council. I believe in the next couple of hours Mr. President
will come up with certain solutions that will be agreeable to the entire
federation.
“Again, I have spoken with my colleagues in security, to
also understand that these situations also require non-kinetic efforts which we
are also working on, to appease who are aggrieved and there is no need to take
this thing further. But it is extremely important for the youths to understand
that, if the atmosphere is not conducive for dialogue and understanding, we
can’t have any peaceful resolution.
“The security agencies have been asked to apply as much
restraint as possible. But then again, the youths should also understand that
pushing their luck might also result in an unwanted issues. So, it is very very
important for everyone to take stock of what has already happened and not give
a dark impression of this country to the international community.”
Asked what the resolution is, the NSA said: “Mr. President
is going to look at each issue on its merit before coming up with the solution
as the chief security officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
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