EndSARS: Nigeria sitting on a time bomb- Attah
Former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah has expressed dismay that the report of a presidential panel on SARS reforms set up in 2018 by the federal government which recommended the sacking of 37 police officers and the prosecution of 24 others were not implemented.
“The panel tasked the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to unravel the identity of 22 other officers involved in the violation of human rights of innocent citizens. To the best of my knowledge, no effect has been given to the panel’s report”, he said, adding that during the COVID-19 lockdown, the atrocities increased , voices of protests got strident but the authorities turned a deaf ear and the impunities multiplied.
The former governor who spoke in Uyo at the weekend said the time to act is now, as the nation cannot afford another round of mass protest as such would spell “the beginning of an end”, and called on the federal government to adopt an institutionalized method to constructively engage the youths.
He advised the youth to eschew bitterness and to show further commitment to the peace process by halting all further protest so they will not be accused of participating in the destruction of their own future.