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Northern Leaders speaks against protest hijackers

Stakeholders from Northern Nigeria had said the #EndSARS protest said hijackers of the protest who vandalized, looted, and burnt public and private properties, were seeking to change the Muhammadu Buhari led government outside the ballot box.

The assertion was made at the meeting of North’s governors and traditional rulers, top federal government functionaries led by Chief of Staff to the President Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.
They described the act as a “subversive action” intended to divide Nigeria.

The meeting anchored the censorship of social media use given “the devastating effect of the uncontrolled social media in spreading fake news.”
It cautioned protesters against further action in Abuja and said all efforts should be made by the government to secure the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the national assets there.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described the meeting as the first leg in the series of engagements as directed by Mr. President.

“The president has directed that the delegation should engage with governors, traditional rulers, religious leaders, youths and others,” he said.
The minister said those at the forum had fruitful discussions, which comprehensively centered on the recent events in the country in the last two and half weeks.
“We made far-reaching decisions and we are happy that the governors and the traditional rulers did very well in ensuring that the youths understood the real issues”.

Mohammed added that apart from the resolve to continue to engage the youths, the meeting underscored the role of traditional rulers and the need to engage them continually.
The communiqué of the meeting read by Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum, Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong, appreciating the roles of Traditional rulers in containing the menace of Endsars protests in the North and collectively agreed that traditional rulers be given formal roles in the governance architecture of the country.

The meeting rejects and condemns the subversive actions of the EndSARS protest. The superlative agitations and other change-regime actions outside the ballot box soon take advantage of the peaceful protests to push for their separative agenda.

It endorsed the indivisibility, indissolubility, and oneness of the nation, taking note of the devastating effect of the uncontrolled social media in spreading fake news. Therefore, calls for major control mechanism and censorship of the social media practice in Nigeria.
The Forum also appreciates the roles of the youth for their response to the EndSARS, in curtailing the spread of hooliganism, thuggery, and other separatist tendencies.

It pledged to support the President on the course of police Reformation, resolving to support the Nigerian Police Force to serve the country better and calls for the strengthening of trust between the people and the Police.

The leaders further Condemned attacks on persons and properties of, especially persons living in other parts of the country. Also condemned attacks and burning of places of worship in some parts of the country in the name of Endsars protests.

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