In a recent interview with News Central TV, Omoyele Sowore, former presidential candidate of the AAC, said after a soldier killed a 16-year-old boy in Zaria during protest, the army tried to make amends by apologizing to the boy’s parents and even offered 300,000 naira to the parents CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
Sowore said this shows that they acknowledged their wrongdoing. However, he criticized the Police for not yet taking responsibility for their actions during protests. Sowore emphasized that anyone involved in harming peaceful protesters will eventually be held accountable for their actions.
In Sowore’s words: “The army killed a 16-year-old boy in Zaria and they had to go on their knees begging the parents and even offering 300,000 naira to the parents. So they already knew what they did was wrong and they are taking responsibility, that is at the level of the Nigerian army. But the police has not taken responsibility”CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>