Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, has said that those who allowed the recent #EndSARS protests to degenerate into the destruction of lives and properties in the country must account for their actions.
He made this known on Sunday while featuring on Channels Television’s Programme, Sunday Politics.
He said, “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.”