Lucky Obukohwo Reporting
A group, on the platform of Integrity Youth Alliance, has called on the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, to immediately effect the arrest of the accredited solicitor of the Take It Back Movement, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, for instigating the August 1 protest that has led to the killing of police personnel, the wanton destruction of property and looting across the country.
The group made the call in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Danjuma Lamido, and which was made available to the media.
According to him “It is unfortunate that the human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa could boldly salute the courage of hoodlums who came out for the demonstrations, destruction, and looting in Kano, Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi, FCT Abuja, Niger, and Jigawa State, respectively.
“It is shameful that the human rights lawyer, who should sympathise with the Nigeria Police on the killing of a policeman in Kaduna and burning of several police stations across the country, could still appeal to all security and law enforcement agencies to follow acceptable standards of handling civil protests to avoid bloodshed or loss of lives.
“Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, as a SAN, should be the number one person to obey the court order that restrained the protesters to the MKO Abiola since they didn’t appeal the judgement, but unfortunately, his clients went about all major cities across the country inciting security personnel, destroying police stations, attempts to take over government houses, looting of government infrastructure, several warehouses and shops have so far been looted and, in several instances, completely destroyed.
“We, therefore, call on the Inspector General of Police to immediately arrest the human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa and charge him to court with the hoodlums arrested during the protests across the country.”
The group further accused the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) for not spelling out the dos and don’ts of the protest before instigating Nigerians for the protest that has resulted to the lost of lives and property in the country.