EndSARS: Senate Summons IGP, DG of DSS As Individuals, Gov’t Count Losses

The senate on Wednesday summoned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, and his Department of State Security (DSS) counterpart, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, following raging violence trailing EndSARS protests in parts of the country

Speaking to reporters shortly after the senate leaders’ meeting with the heads of security agencies, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, noted that the violence was a different dimension from the protest conceived by those demanding disbandment of the rested Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS

He made a passionate appeal to Nigerian political and religious leaders to prevail on all those involved in the raging demonstrations to enable peace reign in the country

Lawan said: “Those that are going about protesting have shown clearly that they have no affiliation, no relationship whatsoever with the original #End SARS protest. I will take this opportunity to urge all well-meaning Nigerians that this is our country, that everyone must show interest in its survival and in its peace.

In the same vein, the senate president reaffirmed that the law makers would not support any violent protest by anyone, saying “we believe that the EndSARS protest started very genuinely and those who started it are patriots who wanted to see change was initiated immediately

The senate, according to him, held that those demands were legitimate and would continue to insist that the federal government should implement the demands it accepted from the protesters

His words: “We have been talking, discussing, consulting with our colleagues in the senate, in the National Assembly generally and people on the executive side of government and outside of government on how best we can approach this issue, this challenge, so that we are able to bring it to an en

“The senate took two motions so far with respect to the EndSARS protest. One motion was sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu two weeks ago and the senate passed resolutions, of course, supporting legitimate and peaceful protest to #EndSARS and urged the security agencies to provide safe environment to protesters

“The second motion was taken yesterday (Tuesday), sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi and of course, co-sponsored by all the senators in the senate. Far reaching resolutions were taken and we are absolutely in total support of the legitimate, constitutionally guaranteed right of citizens to peacefully protest in any issue they strongly about