The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has commended President Buhari for tolerating the ‘excesses’ of #EndSARS protesters in October 2020. He said, for the President to have accommodated such excesses shows that he has huge value for human rights.
We could recalled how Nigerians trooped out in large numbers to protest against police brutality and poor governance in October 2020. The rally which was tagged#EndSARS was hijacked by hoodlums and eventually resulted to loss of lives and properties.
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Malami who disclosed this during an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday February 10, said that the Buhari-led administration is so accommodating and tolerating to have given space for the EndSARS protest to hold to an extent. It shows the President has respect for citizens’ rights.
His statement below 👇
“As far as Human Rights records of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is concerned, the fact speaks for itself, the commendation by the international body which is the Committee for the Protection of Journalists, local compliance with the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission, which has been unprecedented, tolerance and indeed, accommodation for the excesses of the #EndSARS protesters were all facts that go to establish a point that the government of President Buhari has shown greater accommodation of the human rights and the tolerance to the human rights record as far as the Nigerian State is concerned”he said
Speaking further, Malami said
”No nation in the world could have tolerated a situation where over 200 of its policemen were killed in the purported process of Freedom of expression.
Nigeria has tolerated that.
No nation in the world would have tolerated the idea of destruction to its security institutions. I think over 20 police stations or more, I’m not certain about the number, they can be more, were destroyed during #EndSARS protests and government has a responsibility to ensure the protection of lives and freedom of movement.
We are confronted with a situation whereby EndSARS protesters blocked roads, caused mayhem, caused deaths, caused destruction, and they were significantly tolerated to a certain extent”
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