The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, has said no amount of threats by the Buhari administration would end the ongoing #EndSARS protests in the country. He however, called on the president to give Nigerians hope by being accountable for his over five years of stewardship as president.
The Yoruba monarch made the statement in an interview with Daily Sun.
Responding to question on the End SARS and Bad Governance protests rocking the country, he said "Buhari should be giving accounts of his stewardship periodically. He should keep telling the people about all his good deeds, especially his achievements since the past five years. He should also acknowledge his mistakes and try as much as possible to address them.
"He should give the youth hope for a better future because they are the leaders of tomorrow. They are the children of the giant of Africa which means they are giants. As it is now, the youths might not kowtow to any threats, except he talks to them like a father.”
On leadership challenges in the country, he said, “Every leader must understand that he is a servant. Our leaders should learn how not to misuse their positions. They should always give back to their communities. They should empower their people. They should not use their positions to amass wealth for ostentatious motives or personal aggrandisement.
“A leader is supposed to be a servant. What we need is servant leaders. Leadership is meant for service. It is the people that should be served. When a leader begins to serve himself and the family, then the purpose of leadership is defeated.
"It was self-serving leadership which the teeming Nigerian youths could no longer condone that prompted them to embark on wanton looting of private and public property as well as the loss of lives during the recent £endSARSnow protests across the country.
"Though their actions were wrong, they spelt some lessons on the need for good leadership and governance. It has become a history that our leaders must reminisce on and entrench good governance culture that would pay attention to the masses’ needs, especially the youth who are the leaders of tomorrow.”