Says youths who destroyed public assets on self-destruction
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i yesterday visited Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the Lagos House, in Marina.
El-Rufa’i, in a post on his Twitter account, noted that hes in the state to commiserate with the government and people on recent events in the State.
The governor commended his Lagos counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his effort to prevent the #EndSARS protest that degenerated into violence. He added that those who thrive in violence infiltrated the protest to achieve their agenda of wreaking large-scale destruction on public assets and infrastructure in Lagos.
El-Rufai, who commiserated with Lagos state over the coordinated arson sparked by the #EndSARS protest, described the gravity of the destruction as pure evil, saying he nearly shed tears as he saw the images of the torched Lagos assets.
He said the young people who carried out the violence intentionally engaged in an act of self-destruction, stressing that the repercussion of the action would be felt by them.
The governor, who said the youth protest against the police was not out of order, said it was wrong for the protesters to call for disbandment of the entire police force because of the action of a few bad eggs, and sympathised with the police and those who lost loved ones in Lagos in the wake of the violence, saying the Federal Government must not allow wanton destruction of public assets to happen again.
Sanwo-Olu, in his response, thanked el-Rufai for the extension of support towards rebuilding the State, welcoming all forms of assistance that could be rendered to keep the flourishing for businesses.
