One of the leading voices of the # EndSARS protests rocking different parts of the country, Aisha Yesufu , has urged protesters not to relent in their demand for a total reformation of the Nigeria Police Force .
She made the call in a video uploaded on her Twitter handle , @ AishaYesufu , on Wednesday morning .
Yesufu was reacting to the leadership tussle rocking some of the voices of the # EndSARS campaign .
Demonstrations organised on social media had erupted into nationwide protests on the streets earlier this month with the protesters calling for the abolition of the Special Anti - Robbery Squad accused of unlawful arrests, torture , and extra -judicial killings .
The Federal Government gave in to the protesters ’ demand on Sunday, announcing that the special police unit has been disbanded .
On Tuesday, the Inspector - General of Police, Mohammed Adamu , ordered all defunct SARS operatives to undergo psychological and medical examinations . He also set up the Special Weapons and Tactics Team that will replace the disbanded SARS .
But many have greeted the announcements with scepticism after previous promises to improve SARS and the NPF went unfulfilled .
State governors and the Central Bank Governor , Godwin Emefiele , amongst others , had subsequently engaged some of the leading voices of the protests to suspend their demonstrations and give the government time to implement the announced measures .
The development led to an outcry by some factions of the # EndSARS campaign who were not at the meetings.
But speaking on Wednesday , Yesufu advised the protesters not to be distracted by the leadership tussle but to “ eye on the ball . ”
She said , “ Dear Nigerian youths , you have the government when you want the government . You are doing amazing , you are doing something that we haven ’ t done .
“ Please don’ t get distracted over this issue of who is this , who is not what ; eye on the ball — forget the distraction . There is nothing yet for you to go into fighting mode over . Focus on your message and the results that you want. That ’ s what is most important .
“ Yes , we have seen the headlines from the government but have you seen the execution plan?
“ Can the government bring an execution plan where we know A , B , C , D , this is what it will do from this time to this time , what will happen with time frame ? That is what is most important . ”
Continuing , she added , “ A lot of people who are not being part of this protest as you will expect are trying to discredit it by talking about the protest being monetised . If anybody collects money for the protest , drag the person out , let those who didn ’ t collect money do their thing .
“ If yours is monetised , another person isn ’ t monetised . I wonder why we want to drag things down. This is part of the things that had hurt the older generation and that is why we ’ ve remained divided and we have not had the country that works for all of us .
“ Please don’ t get distracted , focus on the issue . You are doing so great . You have woken up , you ’ ve found your voices and you have even given us also voices . # EndSARS now , # SARSMustEnd and we must have a great nation . Nothing else matters . ”
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