Founder of Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti (ABUAD) Chief Afe Babalola has called on the Federal Government to dialogue with #ENDSARS protesters, The Nation reports.
The frontline legal luminary admonished President Muhammad Buhari to caution Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu not to use confrontations against the protesters, saying acting otherwise could lead to a mass revolution.
Babalola gave the charge on Friday at ABUAD farm while addressing farmers across 16 local government areas of the state at a session in commemoration of the World Food Day.
He stated the youths were not only protesting against police brutality but also the ‘insurmountable problems’ of poverty, unemployment, corruption, systemic and leadership failure.
Babalola said the future looks bleaks if the hydra- headed problems afflicting the country are not addressed, adding Nigerians are struggling with poverty in its naked form.
He condemned the series of attacks on the aggrieved protesters, describing the actions as illegal and unconstitutional.
The legal icon cautioned police operatives against harassing any protesters but provide adequate security for them to press home their demands.
