In a broadcast on Thursday in Awka, Obiano said this is not the time for destructive statements but a period to unite and keep the state safer.
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He said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja in his personal capacity, while reacting to the development, especially the burning of both government and private properties by alleged hoodlums in Lagos.
Nigerians were expectant that the President was going to address the shooting at protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos by the Nigerian Army.
The spokesperson of the Lagos State Command, NCoS, Superintendent Rotimi Oladokun, confirmed the situation in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Epe on Thursday, Oba Ogunsanwo also appealed to protesting youths to refrain from vandalising social infrastructure and businesses and to embrace peace and dialogue.
The ongoing #EndSARS protest, which in some States had been hijacked by hoodlums, necessitated the meeting, the electoral umpire said.
According to information available to The Eagle Online, the fracas broke out on Tuesday in the midst of the #EndSARS protest.
The Islamic human rights body made the appeal in a statement on Thursday.
The clash, according to an eyewitness, began on Tuesday afternoon following an altercation between some of the protesters and an Hausa cart pusher.
The CNG spokesperson, Suleiman Abdul-Azeez, made the assertion at a news conference in Kaduna on the violent nature of the protest in parts of the country.
This was contained in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, and made available to newsmen in Lagos.
The students’ body appealed to the traditional rulers to pacify aggrieved youths in their respective domains as a way of helping the state governments in addressing the crisis.
The Chairman of APC, South Africa Chapter, Bola Babarinde, made the appeal in a statement in Lagos following the spate of violence that greeted #EndSARS protest in some parts of the nation.
The protesters were seen at various major junctions, including the popular Warehouse and Control roundabout.
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu imposed the curfew to take effect from 4 p.m. on Tuesday as part of his strategies to end the violence which trailed the #EndSARS protest in Lagos.
Convener of the forum, Roy Oribhabor, also condemned the wanton destruction that characterised the protest.
Onyebueke, who was reacting to the alleged shooting of protesters at the Lekki area of Lagos on Tuesday, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the protest, aimed at ending police brutality, began spontaneously, noting that the youths behind it had the right to assemble to protest against perceived wrongs in the society.
The Governor said this on Wednesday in a broadcast to the people of the state over the firing of gunshots at protesters on Tuesday.
Tinubu made the denial in a telephone conversation played on Channels Television on Wednesday against the backdrop of the killing and injuring of protesters at the toll gate, which some also liked ownership to him.
The hoodlums set the buses on fire in the early hours of Wednesday.