Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has called on the federal government to engage with leaders of the planned nationwide protest scheduled to take place between 1 and 10 August.
The lawyer, who appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, also called for a more constructive approach from the government to addressing the demands of young Nigerians mobilising for the protest.
Mr Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, spoke against the backdrop of the violence that characterised the 2020 #EndSARS protests.
“This time around, the government should try to identify the leaders of the movement and then engage them, and then the questions be raised,” said Mr Falana, renowned for his participation in major national protests and provision of pro bono legal services to unlawfully detained protesters and victims of diverse human rights abuses.
“There are demands that are being made, and the government should address these demands,” he added on Tuesday.
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