Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, says the movement involving
supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is
similar to that of #EndSARS.
Speaking on Monday when he featured on Politics Tonight, a
Television Continental (TVC) programme, Bello said youths should have a rethink
about their support for Obi.
Many Nigerians had taken to the streets in October 2020 to
protest against police brutality under the #EndSARS movement.
The protests led to the disbandment of the special anti-robbery
squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
The federal government also directed states to set up
judicial panels of inquiry to look into claims of police brutality, after which
several states offered compensation to victims.
The protest was, however, later hijacked by hoodlums.
Speaking on Monday, Bello said youths need to have a rethink
on their support for Obi.
“You spoke about the
other candidate (Obi). His movement is more like #EndSARS movement and at the
wee hours of that #EndSARS movement, I did caution the younger generation, that
the way and manner they were going about the agitation, they might not get anything
out of it, and I have been vindicated,” the governor said.
“I was the only governor that addressed them openly — three
times I made a broadcast cautioning them.
“That’s the same manner they are taking this movement. I
think I will ask them to rather have a rethink.”
Bello, who is the national youth coordinator of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, said Bola Tinubu,
standard bearer of the party, is seeking to serve Nigerians.
“Bola Tinubu is a
household name. He is not seeking to be popular; he is seeking to serve. He is
seeking to replicate the successes, the achievements in terms of administration
of human resources in Lagos,” he said.
“APC is united. APC is poised to win the general election —
majority of the state, majority national assembly seats.
“In an evolving political system, you are bound to make
mistakes and the mistakes of the past, we have learnt from it. No political
party is as strong as APC and ready to win the next general election.”
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