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Pastor Poju Oyemade, convener of The Platform and Senior Pastor of the Covenant Christian Centre has urged young Nigerians protesting against police brutality and extrajudicial killings to “organise for political power” so as to effect meaningful changes.
The minister wrote on his Twitter handle, @pastorpoju, on Monday, “Why did President (Barack) Obama go into politics, seeking to be in office? He realised as a community organiser he was limited to what changes he could effect without political power.
“The streets has its limit. To effect meaningful change peacefully organize for political power.”
TheNewsGuru recalls that Oyemade had said the demands of the protesters were valid while narrating his wife’s ordeal in the hands of the operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
He said while it took “personal recognition” and “social capital” to get his wife released, some Nigerians who don’t have people of power to come to their rescue have suffered degrading treatments in the hands of SARS officers.