SAN FRANCISCO, October 31, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Diaspora Movement, NDM has urged the Federal Government to overhaul the nation’s security apparatus with a view to addressing the security challenges in the country.
This is contained in a communiqué jointly signed by the Chairman of NDM, Prof. Apollos Nwauwa, Director of Publicity, Mr Kazeem Ojoye, and the Secretary-General, Femi Alofe on Saturday in Abuja.
The Movement which comprises over 20 million Nigerian Diaspora expressed concern that hoodlums hijacked the #EndSARS protests, which led to the death of some protesters, while others sustained injuries.
NDM maintained that the protest was mostly peaceful, adding that it was a pointer to youths’ dream of a better future in their country.
“Government disbandment of SARS should bring about reform of the policing system holistically, because a lot still needs to be done, including national rethink and re-engineering.
“We commend the courage of the government to disband SARS, but further call for a national and transparent inquiry into all acts of brutality by the police and to bring guilty officers to book”, NDM said.
NDM further calls on the government to ensure that victims of the shootings and other police brutality are adequately compensated.
