#EndSARS: Bishop Oyedepo Justifies Protests, Says ” Lives Have No Value” Under Buhari
The Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo has spoken out concerning the #EndSARS protests going on in several cities across the country.
The Cleric warned against the shooting of youths protesting against police brutality, extrajudicial killings, and extortion in the country.
He explained that the youths have good justifications to protest, saying killing them during the protest “is a sacrilege”.
He described the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari, as the most “gruesome” in the history of the country.
Oyedepo spoke during the second service of the church, monitored by journalists from some media organisations on Sunday.
Oyedepo said; “Every man has a right, legitimately so, to express his displeasure and pains. Everybody has it.
“I kept quiet for a while because in 2015 I warned this nation, vehemently, consistently… because I saw the dangers ahead and you can now tell.
“The most gruesome season in the life of this nation is in the last five years, where lives have no value, wanton killings here and there.
“Now, they have faced the youths; and because they don’t know who is next, they have a right to say enough is enough.
“Any system that has no value for human lives is irrelevant, if they are killed when they were youths, will they be here today?
“Now, it would be a sacrilege to shoot the protesters who are not looting, who are not ravaging.
“When you push a goat to the wall then you will know that goats have teeth to bite.
“It is a sacrilege to kill youths during a protest, this protest is legitimate.”
For instance, protesting youths in their hundreds barricaded the Songo Ota – Idiroko Road at the Obasajo bus stop, grinding traffic along that corridor to a halt.
