The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, has made a massive allegation most likely targeted at the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, when he said, "desperate politician in the Southwest is behind" the #EndSARS protests.
This allegation by Bodejo, is without a doubt, going to raise eyebrows considering Tinubu was at the receiving end of attacks by hoodlums following military action against unarmed protesters in Lekki, Lagos state last Tuesday. The fact that assets belonging to the APC leader were targeted, does not necessarily invalidate Bodejo's allegations, however.
Bodejo who made this massive claim during an interview with Daily Sun, said the protest has an ulterior motive behind it which according to him, is not unconnected to the next presidential election in 2023.
Asked about his take on the protest he said, "When the protest against SARS started, I was very happy because I saw it as the liberation of my people from these wicked security men.
"However, after few days of protests, with the federal government heeding to the demands of these young protesters by scrapping SARS, yet they continued, it then shows there was more to EndSARS that many people didn’t know.
"There is a hidden agenda in the protests. Following the directives of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu disbanded the outfit, were the protesters not supposed to have retired to their respective homes, but they added other things to their lists; demanding for other things that were not in their original agenda or request. Today, I wanted to travel, after being on the road for six hours because they blocked everywhere, I missed my flight. Which kind EndSARS is this?
"From all indications, not just politicians, but a desperate politician in the Southwest is behind this movement, that is why we are no longer keeping quiet, and we have decided to let the nation know what is happening because most people were not aware or have not read meaning into what is happening. It is no longer protest; a desperate politician who felt he has lost out in the 2023 scheme is drumming for these our youths.
When asked why he made such allegation, he said, "It is not hidden; political analysts are saying the same thing. It is not hidden in the political circles. At first, the protest was very genuine and that was why, it is supported wholeheartedly, but from what we have been hearing and by the time we sat down to think, we realised that somebody was behind, giving supports to these our youths that are blocking everywhere in the FCT, Abuja, and other places.
"The highest a genuine protest can last is probably three days, especially this one that the federal government has acceded to the demand of the protesters, but this one is getting to two weeks.
"They are disrupting the genuine activities of Fulani; they are blocking everywhere our people pass through with their cattle. Since the federal government has met with their genuine demand and they have continued to disturb the peace of the nation, the federal government shouldn’t hesitate any further to deploy soldiers and other security agencies to crush them before it gets out of hand and leads to another thing. We can’t continue like this, where we won’t move, we won’t travel, and if a person is dying no way to take him or her to the hospital."