President Muhammadu Buhari promised, on Thursday, October 29, 2020, to bring to justice erring police officers and those involved in looting and destroying public and private properties in the wake of the #EndSARS protests, urging all citizens to use the occasion of Eid-el-Maulud to reflect on the virtues of the Holy Prophet by showing love and understanding for fellow citizens.
This, he said, they could do by exhibiting patience, honesty, sincerity, kindness, and generosity in all their undertakings.
This came as Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, the Oba of Benin, N’Oba Ewuare 11, the All Progressives Congress, APC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, also facilitated with Nigerians on the occasion of the Eid-El-Maulud celebration.
President Buhari in his message to Nigerians, especially the Muslim faithful as they mark the birth of Prophet Mohammed, urged all citizens, and the youth in particular, to shun all negative tendencies as manifested in the recent hijacking of peaceful protests to loot and destroy public and private property.
In a statement y his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, he reiterated his earlier promise to bring police officers responsible for misconduct as well as the looters to justice.
On the COVID-19 pandemic, President Buhari, while noting that the country has so far managed the problem successfully by keeping the numbers as low as possible, however, cautioned that Nigerians must not stretch their luck too far.
He said: “Looking at the trends in the other countries, we must do all we can to avert the second wave of the pandemic.
We must make sure that our cases, which have gone down, do not rise again.
Our economy is too fragile to bear another round of lockdown.”
Source: Vanguard
