One of the leading voices of the #EndSARS protests rocking different parts of the country,
Aisha Yesufu, one of the leaders of the #EndSARS protests, has warned against possible distractions to the movement arising from the pursuit of pecuniary benefits from the struggle.
“Dear Nigerian youths, you have the government when you want the government. You are doing amazing, you are doing something that we haven’t done.
“Please don’t get distracted over this issue of who is this, who is not what; eye on the ball —forget the distraction. There is nothing yet for you to go into fighting mode over. Focus on your message and the results that you want. That’s what is most important.,” she said in a video posted Wednesday.
“Yes, we have seen the headlines from the government but have you seen the execution plan?
“Can the government bring an execution plan where we know A, B, C, D, this is what it will do from this time to this time, what will happen with time frame? That is what is most important.”
Continuing, she added, “A lot of people who are not being part of this protest as you will expect are trying to discredit it by talking about the protest being monetized. If anybody collects money for the protest, drag the person out, let those who didn’t collect money do their thing.
“If yours is monetized, another person isn’t monetized. I wonder why we want to drag things down. This is part of the things that had hurt the older generation and that is why we’ve remained divided and we have not been able to have a country that works for all of us.
“Please don’t get distracted, focus on the issue. You are doing so great. You have woken up, you’ve found your voices and you have even given us also voices. #EndSARS now. “SARS must end, and we must have a great nation. Nothing else matters.”
He comments came on the heel of some rumblings in the #EndSARS community following the outcome of a meeting on Tuesday between the government team and representatives of the civil society.
Protests by millions of Nigerian youths across the country have led to the disbandment of the notorious Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, which was accused of highhandedness, extortion, extra-judicial murder, and torture.
On Tuesday, the Nigeria Police Force announced the creation of a new unit, the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) squad to replace SARS.
