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#EndSARS: US-based Nigerian IT specialists slam FG, military

David Adenekan
David Adenekan
#EndSARS: US-based Nigerian IT specialists slam FG, military
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Nigerian Information Technology professionals based in the United States have described Tuesday shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos by soldiers as criminal.

The professionals made the remark on Monday in a statement issued by the president of the Nigeria-US IT Network, Dr. Michael A. Oriade, to condemn the shooting.

The group said the action of the military was condemnable and reprehensible.

The group lamented that the protesters conducted themselves peacefully and did not deserve to be subjected to violence.

Said Oriade: “The Nigeria-US IT Network Inc. vehemently condemns the reprehensible action of the Federal Government and military authorities of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who ordered the shooting of peacefully protesting youths at the Lekki toll-gate area of Lagos, Nigeria…”

According to Oriade, the protesters had been exercising their constitutionally-guaranteed rights with utmost decorum and the security apparatus should offer them protective cover rather shooting at them.

“As the world observed, the protesters were peaceful and well organised in their conduct and did not pose any threat that could warrant the soldiers’ unleashing of violence against them,” the IT group pointed out.

Recalling the words of the famous civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., the group stressed that the Lekki tragedy could not but provoke the humanity in people everywhere.

Oriade said further: “The late Martin Luther King said, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.’ ”

The group expressed commitment to supporting Nigerian youths with initiatives that would help build their capacity in the information technology space.

The Nigeria-US IT Network Inc. expressed confidence in the youth’s ability to build a dream Nigeria should the right atmosphere be provided, pointing out that, “This is all they have asked for in this protest.”

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