#ENDSARS Protest: charting way forward amid tension, uncertainty ‘protests were spontaneous uprising caused by govt’s ineptitudes’

The youth-engineered #EndSARS protest, which began as a peaceful campaign against police brutality in the country developed into full-blown violence after soldiers allegedly shot at protesters at the Lekki toll gate, Lagos State, last Tuesday night. According to Amnesty International, at least 12 people were killed in the shooting while several others were injured. However, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has so far confirmed only two deaths.

But the question on many lips is where do we go from here as a country. The Guardian spoke with some Nigerians who analysed the circumstances that led to the violence and proffered the way forward. Below are their views: ‘Govt Should Be Honest To The Governed Going Forward’ Executive Director, Civil Liberties Organisation,

People are crying that they cannot fly while you trek the roads under sun and rain and your neighbours fly overseas to treat common illnesses and you cannot afford to buy drugs from the pharmacy shop to address your serious health challenges. Our public schools have collapsed where the majority of our children study but private schools where your neighbours send their kids to learn boom.

But I doubt if this protest had leaders. They are aggrieved Nigerians populated by the youth who are tired of the lies of the government and are not ready to listen to them. Government has failed to live to their promises and agreement in the past and I think that it is part of the angers of the protesters.

security firm in the country. He is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security , a prestigious body for renowned players in the security sector in Nigeria and overseas. down to trust. If it were a place where there was trust, by the time the IGP had said this is the position of the government, there ought not to be any room for mistrust. But unfortunately, it was not the situation here.Now after the scrapping of SARS, in Lagos State for instance, there were several attempts to reach out to the demonstrators.

I am one of the persons who have suffered most as a result of the protest; I run a private guard company. I am aware that up to 16 locations where we are supposed to be protecting have been overrun. If it was just EndSARS protest, why attack companies wholly owned by Nigerians and creating jobs for Nigerians? Some branches of commercial banks where our guards are working have been attacked and vandalised.

violence, was to call themselves to say, ‘go off the streets; we suspend our actions and we are giving the government two weeks, three weeks or one month to respond toDon’t forget that this was a protest that was held for a whole week and nobody was identified as the leader; nobody was identified as the sponsor even if thereNow, it would have put government on the edge and made them to respond. But see the way it has turned out. They say hoodlums have hijacked it.

Young Nigerians are losing their means of livelihood to hoodlooms, this need to be solved

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