#OccupyLekkiTollGate: It’s better to have Protesters than bandits with AK-47 —Adamu Garba
Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has averred that it is better to have protesters than bandits with AK-47 as he urged the men of the Nigeria Police Force to release all protesters arrested on Saturday at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State.
He stated this in a tweet via his Twitter page. He stressed that the arrested #OccupyLekki protesters have the right to seek justice for all victims of the October 20, 2020 incident which eyewitnesses claimed security forces opened fire on #EndSARS protesters.
He wrote:
“When will we ever learn in Nigeria? Is it not better for people to express themselves in a protest than hide behind any extreme motive to seek justice?
“I would rather have a peaceful protester than a bandit with AK 47. If #EndSARS protesters promise to be peaceful, let them be.
“If for any reason, an iota of violence is detected from them, the authorities should quickly mobilize and disperse them.
“But as long as protesters claimed to be peaceful, we should give them their right to protest and protect them against possible hoodlums hijacking the protest.
“The more reasonably engaged in citizens right to action by the authorities, the better the chances of having them on the side of the Govt. The more distance the authorities portrayed, the more hoodlums take advantage and inflame their ambers for evil. It’s all about empathy”
that is true cuz protesters are fighting for a cause while the other are just disturbance of peace….
If you speak up to them and let them know that what they are doing is wrong, maybe they will have rethink of their attitude.
That is what those bandits doing, if there’s anything that is not please you, express yourself to the government by protesting but instead resulting in killing innocent people
They (government) are the reason why many people turn to terrorist in the country, when they didn’t allow them to express their feeling.