Former Nigerian senator, Shehu Sani, has urged those advocating for protests in Northern Nigeria to reconsider, following the deaths recorded on the first day of the nationwide hunger protests.
Sani made this appeal in a statement posted on his X account on Friday.
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His call came as protests continued in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Lagos, Katsina, and other states, despite at least ten deaths recorded on Thursday.
Reacting to the ongoing protests amid the violence and destruction of property, Sani urged that rioting in the North should be discouraged.
“With scores dead, hundreds injured and properties worth billions of Naira belonging to private businesses and government destroyed by hoodlums, mostly in Northern states, those wishing to encourage the continuation of this protest, especially in the North should reconsider.
“At our end it’s violent protest without visible leadership and must be discontinued,” he said.
