Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the
house of representatives, has asked #EndSARS protesters to leave the streets,
saying the federal government has heard their complaints.
Speaking after meeting with
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, the nation’s number four citizen said
government needs time to implement the demands of the protesters.
He counselled the young persons
on the streets to take a break, saying they may return to the streets if things
do not take a positive turn after some weeks.
“We have met with the President
and I can assure you that there is no bigger democrat than Mr President. He
gave us a listening ear, the same that he always gives Nigerians,” he said.
“He accepted absolutely
everything that Nigerians asked for. I have heard the stories that we have
heard ended SARS like four times before. That is what people are saying.
“Like I said, you have never
heard it from Mr President, but now, he has said so. So, let us tarry a little
while. Let us sit back. We have got what we want, let us sit back and see what
happens. If you like, you begin your protests again if nothing happens in two
weeks.”
Gbajabiamila said he does not
want the protesters to lose all what they have gained so far, adding that
refusing to halt the demonstration could lead to such.
“Let us not continue this thing
and lose the plot. That is what I don’t want… I don’t want our youths to lose
the plot. They have done so well in terms of expressing their grievances and it
is important we don’t get side-tracked,” he said.
“Of course, there are tangential
issues that they have discussed after the EndSARS. We have spoken with Mr
President and he is looking at everything.
“Some of these things are policy
matters that are not going to happen overnight. You are not going to have
electricity overnight; it is not going to happen tomorrow. Free road is not
going to happen tomorrow.
“It is a process and the
important thing is that the government has heard you loud and clear. It is a
continuous engagement. We will be engaging our youths in matters of policy and
communicate with Mr President as well on what needs to be done.
“So, again, let us not lose the
plot, let us remain focused. Points have been made like never before in the
history of Nigeria and that is kudos to the young men and women out there.”
“My advice is that even if there
is trust deficiency, let us, for whatever it is worth, trust government for
what it has done now. It has ended SARS, nobody can argue that. SARS is ended
completely, never to be heard anybody. We talking about SWAT now.
“We interrogated the IGP about
three days ago and we asked the question and he explained to us that in any
security agency, particularly the police, if there is a special unit and you
disband it, you don’t leave a vacuum. It is apparently a police code anywhere
in the world that you don’t leave a vaccum, it has to be filled and that was
why he came up with SWAT.
“Having come up with SWAT, the
criteria, the engagement, the personnel, what they can do and what they cannot
do, they are complete departure from what SARS was meant to operate.
“Let us remain focus and stay on
track. Let us work with government. We are all on the same page. It is not you
against us. We are all on one page and if we are on one page, we will get the
desired result.”
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