President Akufo-Addo after being pressured on social media to issue a statement to his neighboring country, Nigeria, following the ongoing Sars police brutality #endsars penned that the violence is from either the police or the protesters, social media users blast him for adding protesters as violent.
President Akufo-Addo has finally spoken about the widespread tensions and atrocities in Nigeria in relation to #EndSARS protests in the West African state.
Akufo-Addo took to Twitter to issue a statement about the happenings in Nigeria and added that he had spoken to the Nigerian leader.
The leader of Ghana added that he did not ascribe to violence and he was of the conviction that it was not the solution to the current problem.
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One of his tweets read:
“I join all well-meaning persons in calling for calm, and the use of dialogue in resolving the #EndSARS impasse in Nigeria. I have spoken with President Buhari, who is committed to this end, and has begun the processes that will lead to reform.”
Following the above tweet, President Akufo Addo made another tweet which read:
“Violence, be it on the part of the Police or protesters, cannot be the solution.
To the families who have lost their loved ones, I express my sincere condolences, and I wish the injured a speedy recovery. 2/2 #EndsSARS”
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After the president of Ghana released his first statement concerning police brutality in Nigeria, netizens are ‘mad’ at his kind of words he used in his write ups.
From Nana Addo’s statements, in order not for it to be seen that he is defending the police or the protesters, he made his statement as “Violence, be it on the part of the Police or protesters, cannot be the solution“.
To Thedistin.com, we think the president of Ghana was just condemning the act irrespective of wherever it may come from.
The involvement of protesters as the cause of the violence in Nigeria has really seen netizens bragging Nana Addo to the gutters.
Below are some comments Thedistin.com sighted beneath President Nana Addo’s tweets: