Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State today decried both the human and property lost to the #EndSARS protest rocking the state, saying, “I don’t want anyone’s life wasted”.
Makinde stated this during a tour of hot spots of #EndSARS protests in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State,where he declared that his government would continue to do what is necessary to secure the lives and properties of the residents of the state.
The governor, who was accompanied by a number of aides, stopped at different spots on the Idi-Ape/Iwo Road axis, where he spoke to protesters in English and Yoruba languages.
He warned youths to stop fomenting trouble or destroying properties in the name of the #EndSARS protests, adding that he did not want any further loss of life in the state.
Assuring that he would engage the Commissioner of Police in the state to work on how the police could take a back seat pending the time the situation in the country normalises, the governor promised that those who have lost property to the crisis would be compensated.
He also assured that the citizens of the state arrested by the police on the #EndSARS protest would be released today, stressing, “I will see to the release of those that have been arrested and none of them will sleep in the police cell”.
