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ENDSARS: Governors Demands For Quick Investigation Over Lekki Killings

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southeast Governors have demanded quick investigation over Lekki Killings.
News Rain Nigeria on Friday reports that the southeast geo-political zone leaders have called for speedy investigation of the killings at the  Lekki.
The southeast Governors Forum also demanded the end of protests by Nigerian youths.
southeast leaders under the aegis of  southeast Governors Forum  made the  call during the virtual meeting of the forum in Abakaliki, said, that the leaders further condemned as unwarranted the recent killing of peacefully protesting youths at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State and urged the Federal Government to quicken investigation into the matter so as immediately bring the culprits to book in line with the laws of the country

ENDSARS: Governors Demands For Quick Investigation Over Lekki Killings

The Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi, who is the Chairman of the Forum maintained that all nationalities in the country need to maintain mutual peace in the face of the challenges that ensued as a result of the ongoing ENDSARS protests that have been rocking the nation.
The virtual meeting, according to Governor Umahi, had Governors, traditional rulers, clergymen, and other eminent leaders of the zone in attendance.
The Forum also shows displeased over the recent video clip that has been trending on the social media in which the Leader of the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB,  Nnamdi Kanu, allegedly made provocative statements that further highlighted the protests.
The Forum also stressed that Kanu had already disowned the video and also called on the State governments of other tribes to ensure the safety of Igbos in their domain as much as they would protect theirs in Igboland.
Umahi also sympathized with the Lagos State government and others who have lost their citizens in the protest, the leaders appealed to the youths in the country to stop the protest, which they maintained has been hijacked by hoodlums.
They maintained that the demands of the #EndSARS protesters have been met by governments of many States, they advised youths to constructively engage with the government towards meeting other genuine agitations of theirs.
The leaders further appealed to the Country’s youths to desist from destroying public infrastructures and facilities, which were established for their benefits as leaders of tomorrow.
Umahi advised his fellow governors to bring the youths close enough to governance for them to begin to appreciate the gains and enormous challenges in leadership.
Umahi on behalf of the forum appealed to the youths to forgive their leaders wherever they have failed them.
He said, “Forgive and let us go back to the drawing board.”
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