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“But a bad example of protest was the one that happened in Sudan where protest led to the breakdown of law and order and the decimation of security forces, which later degenerated into war.” He called for peaceful protests with clear leadership, citing his own experiences while participating in protests with visible leaders such as President Bola Tinubu, former President Muhammad Buhari, and late Balarabe Musa, among others, during the military days and the 2012 Anti-subsidy protest.
The former lawmaker also commended the Kaduna state government’s stance on protests, stating that they would only support protests with identified leaders who could take responsibility in case of a breakdown of law and order in the country.
When a protest has no leader, the tendency of that protest to metamorphose into violence is apparent.
Naija Newsreports that Sani, while speaking with journalists in Kaduna on Thursday, emphasized the importance of peaceful protest with visible leadership to avoid metamorphosing into violence that is capable of destabilising the country.
However, protests without leaders could lead to chaos and anarchy, citing the events that happened in Kenya and Sudan, which led to the breakdown of law and order and the decimation of the security forces.
“We are from a state that comes from the past that had experiences of violence that began with protest..
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