Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture
on Sunday said that the Federal Government has met with all of the demands made
by #EndSARS protesters.
He started this on Sunday when he appeared on Radio Nigeria
programme in Abuja.
According to him, the protest has been hijacked by hoodlums
and people with ulterior motive to destabilise the country and bring down the
Muhammadu Buhari administration.
Having met the demands, he said it was absurd that
protesters were remaining on the streets causing mayhem, obstructing movements and inflicting pains on
Nigerians.
“When you look at the demands of the #EndSARS and the
decisions of the Federal Government, it
is clear that there is no single demand of the group that has not been met.
“Therefore, one will begin to ask if there is any ulterior
motive because what we have witnessed in the last few days is that they have
moved their demands from five to seven.
“As soon as the government approved one demand another one
will follow .
“From the five demands which were initially tabled and have been addressed, they are now including
petrol price, national assembly salaries and allowances, electricity tariff
among others.
‘Then you begin to ask yourself what exactly is the motive
of the protests and who are those behind them,” he said.
Lai added that it is more nauseating that the protest has
gone violent, claiming lives and causing injuries as well as destruction to
property.
He said Saturday’s assassination attempt on Gov. Adegboyega
Oyetola of Osun who came out to identify with the protesters and address them
was a clear indication that the protest had been hijacked.
Mohammed said the Minister of Federal Capital Territory,
Mohammed Bello, was equally turned back on the road by the protesters in Abuja.
“Peaceful protest is synonymous with democratic tenets and
to that extent we see the EndSARS protest as the manifestation of how far our
democracy has developed
” Regrettably, the protest has been hijacked by hoodlums and
by people with ulterior motives bent at destabilising the country.
“As of today, many people in many parts of the country
simply cannot go out because people are being intimidated and roads have been
blocked.
“There was a report
of a pregnant woman that died inside the ambulance simply because she could not
get to the hospital because of the protesters.
“This cannot be allowed to continue because where your right
stops another person’s rights begin.
‘While government will continue to engage, no responsible
government will fold its arms and allow the state to be thrown into anarchy,”
he said.
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