Accepting protesters’ demands emboldened them to turn violent — Pres. Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, has said his regime’s decision to accept the demands by youths who protested against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the 

Nigeria Police Force emboldened them to become violent.

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According to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the president stated this in a virtual meeting with the former Nigerian leaders, in Abuja on Friday, October 23.

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The president recalled that the youths had demanded that the squad be disbanded, among others.

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Adesina quoted the President as saying, “We accepted all the demands and proceeded immediately to scrap SARS and started the process of addressing the other demands.

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Unfortunately, the protesters refused to call off the protest and engage the government to address their grievances.

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Instead, they became emboldened and gradually turned violent.”