Following protests and violence trailing the #ENDSARS nationwide, an elder statesman and politician, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Iwuanyanwu has appealed to the Nigerian youths to sheathe their swords, this is as he has also urged the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal government to fulfill the demands of the Nigerian youths since the government has accepted to do so.
In a statement made available to newsmen in Owerri, Iwuanyanwu who is the grand patron of most youth organizations in the country expressed apprehension that the situation if not halted now is capable of plunging the nation into chaos and confusion which would create more hardship, suffering and bloodshed for the people.
By the on-going demonstration, the elder statesman argued that youths in the country had taken the right step while the federal government from media reports had openly acknowledged that it had failed the youths, apologized and promised to take every step to remedy the situation.
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Iwuanyanwu, an elder statesman and also a member of the board of trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) noted with regret that the events of the past few days where institutions are being vandalized by hoodlums had been very unfortunate.
He said it clearly that the hoodlums perpetrating the violence, hooting, burning and destruction of government institutions, release of prisoners from prisons and killings of innocent people are not the Nigerian youths.
“The youths of Nigeria in the past few weeks have made history. They have been able to do what the elders were unable to do. The youths courageously and boldly confronted the problem of insult, brutality, neglect and injustice Nigerian youths and majority of Nigerians have suffered in our country Nigeria.
“What impressed the whole country and the Free World is that the youths carried out their demonstration in a very civilized and peaceful manner devoid of any violent or bloodshed.
“All men of good conscience in Nigeria and indeed the whole world have seen that by this act, Nigerian youths comprised men and women who are amply qualified intellectually and morally can take up leadership not only in Nigeria but in any part of the Free World.
“Over the years, Nigerian Youths have shown love and respect for me by making me a patron or grand patron of most of all Youths Organizations in Nigeria. In that capacity, I have tried my utmost best to offer assistance to Youths to the limit of my ability and resources. I had in the past on several occasions raised my deep concern on the magnitude of large Youth unemployment and also harsh business environment for those of you who want to go into private enterprise”.
