Southwest governors on Sunday accused politicians of hijacking the #ENDSARS protests to attack perceived opponents.
Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the South West Governor Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, in a statement, condemned the Saturday’s attack on Osun Governor Gboyega Isiaka Oyetola by #EndSARS protesters in Osogbo.
Akeredolu described the attack as unwarranted, misdirected and repulsive.
Akerodolu added that the attack on Oyetola was an act of terrorism by hoodlums hired by politicians, hiding under the guise of a civil and supposedly peaceful protests.
The statement reads.. “Nothing more describes and represents this pernicious act as repulsive. It is, therefore, pertinent to call on the organisers to rein in stakeholders involved in the #EndSARS protests so as to stratify between those with genuine, altruistic desires for reforms and elements who have offered themselves as mercenaries to unleash mayhem on innocent people.
“It must be noted that state governors stand in between two inescapable points of challenges: while they ought to be chief security officers in their respective states, are indeed, compelled to act as such, the workability of such still remains some distance away from reality.
“In order words, the attack on Governor Oyetola or any other governor anywhere in the country is a clear infliction of double jeopardy. No governor is in charge of any police formation, unit or department.”
