The Presidency has warned that promoters of the recent #EndSARS protests which degenerated into lost and destruction of lives and properties must answer for their actions. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu while featuring on Sunday Politics on Channels Television monitored in Abuja said the protesters must face the law. “This country has only one president and has only one constitution. President Muhammadu Buhari is responsible for his government. The buck stops on his table.
“We are a country governed by law. There is a constitution under section 33 that clearly defines the rights of citizens to freely protest in a peaceful way but where a peaceful protest turns into riot, violence and looting, there is a law and order duty to be performed.
“Everyone witnessed the massive looting of public and private properties particularly in Lagos, Calabar, Plateau, Taraba and some other states, even the FCT.
“Now, the laws of the country must be allowed to decide, to rule on wrongdoing on the part of anybody. I am not particular about any celebrity or promoter but this country has been harmed enormously and people should be prepared to account for what they did,” Shehu said.
As a major fallout of the protest, a Federal High Court Abuja recently froze the account of some members of the #EndSARS group for allegedly bankrolling the group’s activities.
However, the Senate Monday declared that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) did not carry it along before it froze the bank accounts of some leaders of the #EndSARS protesters.
