Bashir Magashi, minister of defence, says over 60 percent of #EndSARS protesters don’t know why they participated in the demonstrations.
On Saturday, a second wave of the #EndSARS protest began in Lagos under the #OccupyLekkiTollGate rally, with more than 30 protesters, including Debo Adebayo, a Nigerian comedian better known as Mr Macaroni, arrested by security operatives.
The protesters have, however, been arraigned before a cellular court docket in Lagos, and granted bail.
Speaking on Saturday after participating within the revalidation workout of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano, the minister alleged that a number of the protesters are rogues and thieves.
“I am the minister of defence and the defence of this country is totally my obligation. We have the mandate to make certain that the lives and belongings of people are blanketed,” he stated.
“There is a primary duty of the government, and that is to guard every Nigerian, whoever he is. We continually agree with that given the vital intelligence, no agent of presidency will sit down and fold its palms with out doing some thing.
“This #EndSARS issue, in case you consider, the minister of records has briefed this country and alerted that something like this is coming; and we know we're always prepared. This is our process, to ensure internal protection.
“We have to plan for it. We don’t need to be taken through surprise. And in case you need us to be taken by wonder, then, there may be no want to call us protectors. If #EndSARS is to take location nowadays, we are able to make sure that we've got non violent counter plans that we are able to installed area to ensure that mistakes aren't made in protective the human beings.
“You know the composition of the EndSARS crowd. Over 60 percentage of them are individuals who don’t even recognise why they are there. They just come to participate. Some of them are rogues; a few are there to thieve. They need to do some thing they assume. There are some actual people.”
The minister introduced that the government will no longer allow “unpatriotic factors” to destabilise the country below any guise.
“The actual ones, we want to get them enlightened. They ought to prevent doing matters to be able to create collateral damages for the u . S .. We need those who will sit down down and use their brains. Sit down with the government and see what we are able to do,” Magashi said.
“We ask them, ‘what are your problems?’ In the initial one, after they stated that is their hassle, even Mr. President spoke. They gave 5-point call for and that they have been attended to. But if some people need the united states of america to be ruled the manner they want, we aren't elected to serve precise people. We had been elected to serve this u . S . A ..
“Whoever is concerned in this #EndSARS trouble, the navy and the authorities will no longer allow it to manifest. But we can be as proper as any other citizen to shield this u . S . A ..
“We are not going to be harsh on every person. We will keep the regulation and peace to the fine of our ability. We can use pressure whilst it's miles required. When you use pressure, we don’t say you may go and begin killing human beings. We can use minimal pressure, commensurate with what is visible at the ground. And that is in which a few human beings have become it incorrect.
“We can not sit down down and then you definately shoot at any individual, and we let you go due to the fact someone thinks that you are one which can kill and go away. Please deliver us time. In this u . S ., we are in a nation in which we need everybody to appearance up and spot what he can do for this usa, not what the united states can do for you.”
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