#EndSARS: Umenzekwe appeals to youths for calm, urges government to address demands

Success Damian:

Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Modestus Umenzekwe, has appealed to Nigerian youths protesting against the Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) and their nefarious activities to sheath their sword and give peace a chance even as he appealed to the government to speedily address the demands made by the protesting youths.

Umenzekwe (Onwa Achina) made his opinions known while speaking to journalists in Lagos on Friday.

He said “I am passionately as an elder appealing for calmness in the country so that we do not disintegrate. The youths I am pleading with you to stop the protest,  as well as the government to do the needful so that we can have peace. Anger will not move us forward but rather draw us back.

“My sympathy to all those that lost their lives and the police officers killed. I believe both the Federal and state governments are taking stock of the losses both human and properties and will come up with measures that will cushion the effect. United we stand, divided we fall. There is nothing like peace that achieve in a round table dialogue,” Umenzekwe stated.

He stated that Nigerians need one another at this time adding that every effort must be made towards ensuring national peace and integration, so as not to allow the country to glide into catastrophe.

Umenzekwe also called for dialogue saying that violence does not pay anybody.

He said Nigeria has made giant strides in development and cannot afford to go back to the civil war era when every milestone in infrastructure and human capital development were wasted.

“Nigeria has made giant strides in development and cannot afford to go back to the civil war era when every milestone in infrastructure and human capital development were wasted to the war,” Umenzekwe advised.