Why #EndSARS protests failed

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello says no agitation or uprising in the world succeeds without leadership.

He stated this while reacting to the #EndSARS protest in an appearance on “Sunrise Daily”, a popular programme on Channels Television.

For two weeks, Nigerian youths shook the nation and attracted international attention in a bid to end police brutality.

Bello alleged that the protest which held simultaneously across the country could have succeeded if only it had identifiable leaders.

He added that it was politically-motivated.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governor said, “Dear Nigerians, let me tell you, what is happening today, this so-called #EndSARS is politically motivated.

“Whether anybody says it or not, I am saying it once again and you can quote me anywhere, any day and I will prove it to you.

“Why will you demand for five for five items which was granted and you refused to take it. Which struggle, agitation or uprising across the world has ever succeeded without leadership?

“100 per cent, I agree (with the agitations of the protesters) but if you look at what is happening today, you will have no option than to classify it as politically motivated.

“And let me tell you it is a ploy to set the youths of this country against one another.”

Bello claimed that the protest was sponsored “by those who set them up, by politicians who have hands in #EndSARS.

“By those who continued to shift the goal post when the demands were met, those who continued to profiteer from it.

“Not everybody believes in ending the SARS. And if you say SARS are even wrong in doing one thing or the other, the best way to agitate was to even ask for a total security overhaul.

“This is 2023 playing out by few individuals who felt they can continue to use us in this country. I urge all youths to please return back home.”