By Seun Adams
The President-General of Ndigbo umbrella socio-cultural and political organization, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo
has said that the raging youth revolt in the country against the menace of Police brutality as mirrored by Special Armed Robbery Squad, SARS, has its root in the existing political injustice in the country.
Chief Nwodo, noted that the youth rebellion has brought to the fore the fundament security challenges that is embedded in the erroneous political imbalance in the country.
According to Chief Nwodo, the fact that the youth rebellion continues days after the disbanding of the notorious Police outfit, SARS shows that the problem is fundamental and should be intellectualized from that perspective.
“It has shown that the surface scratching by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu in dissolving SARS and raising SWAT, goes far away from addressing the deep-rooted problems of policing in the country.
The Ohanaeze PG noted in a statement from his media office that SARS menace has also thrown a challenge to the country’s elites and government over prolonged neglect of that critical arm of our life as a nation
Chief Nwodo said that the only viable and enduring solution to the current situation is to harken to the clarion call of the majority of Nigerians to redesign this country in such a way that could address the prevailing injustice.
He said that a problem like this was bound to come up when the country continually lived in denial as operating a federal structure while in truth running a confederation in such multi-cultural and divergent nation.
The ohanaeze boss said that in addition to the total overhauling of the nation’s security’s architecture, the government should as a matter of urgency initiate the process of restructuring this country as the only way of holistically tackling the basic problems on the ground.
Chief Nwodo regrets and condemns in strong terms the targeting of some Igbo businesses particularly in Abuja by hoodlums pretending to be countering the genuine protest and warned that such wicked act will have far-reaching consequences
He charged the government to not only protect the lives and property of every citizen but arrange compensation for such mindless destructions.
Nwodo finally charges the protesting youths to ensure that they carry out their fundamental rights in the most peaceful manner devoid of violence so as to make their message deep-rooted and hearkened to.