#EndSars: Clergy says protest is a turnaround for Nigeria

The #EndSarsEndPoliceBrutality movement has been described as a sign indicating a turn around for Nigeria after 60 years of self inflicted oppression.
The Presiding Bishop of Rhema Christian Church and Towers, Sango Ota, Ogun State, Bishop Taiwo Akinola lending his voice to the ongoing nationwide protests said Nigerian leaders should see it as a wake up call to take care of the future generations.
“It looks like a sign that our turnaround is here and our God is about to show us mercy after 60 years of self inflicted oppression. And, I believe He is raising by His grace Nehemiahs and Ezras among our children to build up the ruins and restore the spirit of excellence which shall become the hallmark of our great nation in Jesus name. Amen,” he said.
Akinola charged the leaders and all other stakeholders not to see the protests, as “police versus youths”, but instead, as Nigeria’s future fighting for its very soul.
He said, “I love and respect our security services, and appreciate the work that they do. I also recognise that they are also, in some respects, victims of a broken system that is the inevitable product of decades of poor governance.
“In particular, I call on our leaders of today to take decisive, meaningful action to protect our leaders of tomorrow. Cosmetic changes will simply not suffice anymore; real changes must be made and justice served where due.” 
He noted that for instance, replacing the name of a malaise with another is a lame and  childish way to solve a problem as institutionalised and entrenched as the police brutality and extra judicial killing.
He however charged the youths, “don’t stop speaking, and loudly too, for the shouting side is always the victorious side!”
He also enjoined all well-meaning Nigerians to join the youths in speaking up, and demanding real reform of the nation’s security services as well as other areas of the country’s public life, that will usher in a new era of accountability, transparency and orderly justice.
He recalled that back in the days, when people of his generation were youths, hope was fresh and achievable, though then it was not a bed of roses, but it was certainly not the putrefying decadence that the country have now.
He stated, “This trauma of our youth is one that we cannot ignore. From what I have seen, read and heard, it is clear that their pain runs deep, and as a nation, we cannot but lend our ears to hear, and our hands to act — because, a nation that stands by watching the torture of its future is doomed to reap the proverbial whirlwind in abundant measure.”
Akinola charged people of his generation in particular to take the current situation as a sign of failure, “our failure; ineptitude, our ineptitude; as adults, as leaders. It is a woeful result of the selfishness and aggravated vices of the people we foolishly give the power to lead us. It is a clear evidence of our lack of insight and foresight. 
“This is unfortunately our legacy for which we shall forever be remembered by these traumatised youths, unless something is done about it promptly and dramatically,” he warned.
He added, “At this point, I use this medium to express my highest wishes for the repose of the souls of young men and women who paid the supreme price in the course of the struggle, and to offer some prayer for fortitude in the families and friends they left behind. 
“In particular, I pray for strength for our youth as they tenaciously trudge with persistence to salvage their dignity and indeed the glory of our nation.”