EndSARS: Ex-Oyo SSG, Alli Advises FG Not To Allow Protest Leading To Anarchy

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10/10/2020

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As youths protesting against the operation of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) increase across the country on daily basis, the former Secretary to Oyo State Government and 2019 Governorship Candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in Oyo state, Chief Sharafadeen Alli on Saturday advised the federal government to listen to the plight of Nigerians and do the needful.

His admonition was contained in a release he personally signed and made available to naijatodaynews.com.

He said though, government may have reasons for not scrapping the force department, with the protest, it is obvious Nigerians are not comfortable with their operations.

The former Secretary to Oyo state government in his statement, advised government to engage the protesting youths on matters concerning their well being, before it regenerates to anarchy.

According to him, protest is part of the ways people demonstrate their grievances to government all over the world, therefore something positive should be done by the government.

Alli noted that experience over the years have shown that protest could be disastrous if not properly managed.

Citing Algeria where president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was ousted following months of youth-led street demonstrations, Omar al-Bashir, who was also deposed by mass youth demonstrations in Sudan, Alli said Lebanon, Hong Kong, Haiti, and Iraq also suffered the same fate.

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He therefore advised government to protect the Nigeria’s nascent democracy, saying: “the worse of democracy is better to military rulers”, Alli stated.