Stop the carnage in Ogidi, other parts of Nigeria now!-- Comrade Lilian Obiechina

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*Comrade Lilian Obiechina

Woman leader and public commentator  Comrade Lilian Ada Ide Obiechina has called on Ogidi youths and indeed all the youths of south eastern Nigeria and Nigeria in general to desist from the maiming of fellow citizens and the destruction of private and public assets currently going on in the guise of #endsars protests.

Following the recent uprising of violence by the youths across Nigeria and especially in Ogidi her home town who went on a rampage, killing, maiming security agents, destroying some valued properties and assets,  Comrade Obiechina, voices out her frustrations, dissuading the youths against the ongoing violence.

In a statement sent to ECD news room,  Obiechina urged the youths to desist from carrying out further destruction of private and public properties in the zone.

According to Obiechina, “I am a concerned citizen and a mother who can’t sit and watch the youths in the name of protest, embark on a looting spree with wanton destruction meted out on shops, businesses of ordinary citizens like themselves and government infrastructures in our states.

“Who is deceiving the youths of South East if I may ask? Markets are being destroyed, landmark statues in Enugu especially at Otigba Junction and elsewhere in Enugu state have been destroyed. Is that #EndSARS or #Police brutality? Why destroy what is in your state under the guise of protest?

“The bodies that are piling up are ours, the cars being destroyed are ours, the shops looted are ours  and the institutions destroyed are all ours.

“I strongly urge that these rioting be stopped and anyone urging our youths to destroy properties in their states is indeed the enemy.

“The nation is already bleeding and self-destruction is not the way out. Don’t self destruct and blame the system that you destroyed!” Obiechina pleaded...allow the panels on police matters set up by the various State Governments, look into the demands of the protesters and bring to book all culprits as well as address the loss of lives encountered.