The Pan - Yoruba socio - political organisation , Afenifere , in Abuja on Thursday demanded that Governor Babajide Sanwo - Olu of Lagos State should apologise over the killing of protesters by soldiers to assuage feelings and show value for human lives.
Afenifere in a statement by its leader , Chief Reuben Fasoranti , appealed for calm and a halt to destruction .
He demanded to know “ who deployed the killers through an international inquiry , ” since the governor of Lagos had denied inviting soldiers to Lagos .
Fasoranti said , “ We demand the arrest and trial of all trigger - happy men who have caused sorrow , tears and blood . We call for the immediate restructuring of Nigeria to avoid imminent collapse .
“ We call on the governor of Lagos to show better humanity than the Federal Government by apologising over the killings to partly assuage feelings and show value for human lives. ”
In the same vein , the Afenifere Renewal Group said on Thursday that those allegedly hiding under the # EndSARS
protests to launch attack on Yoruba heritage would fail .
The Publicity Secretary , ARG Ekiti State chapter , Michael Ogungbemi , who condemned the alleged shooting of some peaceful protesters by soldiers in Lagos on Tuesday and described it as callous , alleged that some people were hiding under it to destroy what Yoruba stood for .
Ogungbemi , in a statement in Ado Ekiti titled , ‘ The wanton killings , destruction must stop ; those planning to destroy Yoruba will fail , ’ cautioned politicians “ to refrain from stoking the embers of crisis in Lagos .
He said , “ This carnage and wanton destruction must stop . Yoruba won ’ t fold their arms and allow the destruction of their fatherland and inheritance . ”
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