JUST IN: FG Again Sends Strong Message to Occupylekkitollgate Protesters

FG Has Again Sent Strong Message to Occupylekkitollgate Protesters.

OnyxNews Nigeria reports that the Minister of Defence, Bashir Salihi Magashi on Saturday, February 13, sent strong strong message to Lekki toll gate protesters, warning them of any protest.

The minister said security agents will not sit back and watch violence and the vandalisation of both public and private properties by hoodlums who perpetrate crimes in the guise of EndSARS protesters.

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Magashi stressed that security operatives if this becomes the case, will have to use minimum force to arrest the situation in a bid to prevent chaos and a breakdown of law and order.

However, the minister explained that by mentioning force, he is not in any way calling for ruthlessness from police operatives to start killing fellow citizens.

His words: ”Whoever is involved in this #EndSARS issue, the military and the government will not allow it to happen. We will be as good as any other citizen to protect this country.

”We’re not going to be harsh on anybody. We will maintain the law and peace to the best of our ability. We can use force when it is required. When we say ‘use force,’ we don’t mean go and start killing people.

”We can use minimum force in commiserating with what is seen on the ground. And that is where some people are getting it wrong.

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”We can not sit down and then watch you shoot somebody and we allow you to go free because somebody thinks you’re one who can kill and go away,” the Minister of Defence said.

Just as the Federal Government has earlier vowed to crush any protesters.