Meet demands of the youth,CAN urges government

Reverend Samson Ayokunle,President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has advised the federal government to take into consideration the demands of the youth who engaged in protests against police brutality in the country recently.

Ayokunle noted that the youth are crying out and need to be attended to.

The cleric also encouraged Nigerians, particularly the youth, not to despair.

Ayokunle who spoke in Akure, the Ondo State capital at the consecration ceremony of James Owoyemi as the President of the United Apostolic Church of Christ (U.A.C.C) worldwide, on Sunday, also appealed to the youth to give the federal government time to plan.


Ayokunle further said that the federal government should know that the youth are formidable and therefore should be catered for.

In his description, the #EndSARS began as a peaceful protest against police high-handedness and other rights abuses until it was hijacked by hoodlums which resulted in looting and burning of properties belonging to the government and some private citizens.

According to the cleric,several persons, including police personnel, lost their lives during the crisis. Amnesty International put the number of those who died in the crisis at 56.

As normalcy returns to the streets with some states counting their losses, panels of inquiry are currently sitting to receive complaints of police brutality.

The government has also disbanded the notorious police unit, SARS, and promised police reforms, two of the major demands of the protesters. The government has, however, continued to clampdown on some of the protesters including by suspending their bank accounts, arbitrary arrests, and barring some from travels.

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