The Ooni of Ife,Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi has described the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki- Toll gate ,Lagos on Tuesday night by soldiers as highly disheartening, regrettable and condemnable.
The Ooni in a post via his social media account described the event as a sad one calling on the leadership of the country to immediately investigate the shooting with a view to fishing out the culprit and ensuring they face the full wrath of the law.
While noting that dialogue and patience is needed to bring both parties to the table ,Oba Adewusi implored the youths to be calm and allow traditional rulers, as fathers of the nation to lead the way to peace and restoration of trust.
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His statement partly read; “The sad event that happened yesterday at the Lekki Toll gate in Lagos where armed soldiers were alleged to have killed unarmed young protesters is highly disheartening, regrettable and condemnable.”
“Our political leadership must immediately investigate the circumstances that led to the avoidable confrontation and consequent loss of lives with a view to swiftly fishing out the unlawful attackers who must be made to face the full wrath of the law.”
“Our children are on the streets with the spirit of patriotism because they believe in the future of Nigeria and that our system is flexible enough to adapt to changes for better performance.”
“We need to manage the process of listening to them and working with them to jointly arrive at the new Nigeria of our collective dreams.”
” Their generation was nurtured with the values of efficiency, transparency, accountability and value chains. These are the noble values they seek to inject into our polity so that our country can realise its potential as a world power.”
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“It is time to calm down and allow traditional rulers, as fathers of the nation to lead the way to peace and restoration of trust. We must find amicable solutions even though this attack has regrettably eroded the trust needed to establish dialogue and ensure a civic process for resolving the crises. We must not be tired.”
” I call upon the government at all levels to demonstrate urgency and responsiveness by immediately acting on the yearnings of these patriotic Nigerians in order to facilitate a just and peaceful resolution of all the challenges confronting our country.”
