#ENDSARS protests may bring down APC...

to respond and prove us wrong on their skill of governance and we would see what happens in the coming days,” Omotosho said.

He however, noted that “Their response, I mean, how they manage this protest would determine what happens to them in future elections in Nigeria. So, it is an opportunity for them to redeem their image or worsen it. You can see the people are not happy with Buhari; it is not only about SARS, but more deep, their future is in their hands really.”

For Professor Soji Adejumo, leader Yoruba Consultative Forum, “Nigerians grievances are clear and the government should act and listen to them. This administration’s popularity is waning and if I were them, we would act fast.”

“They know they are no more popular, the signs are there, Nigerians want reforms, the suffering is too much; how much is the naira to the dollar now? What about the economy? The way forward is restructuring of the country which some of us have been agitating for,” Adejumo said.

Adelaja Adeoye, ADP, National Publicity Secretary, believes that the protest is a clear message to the political class that the youths are gradually waking up.

“As you can also see, they have been pushed to the wall by the notorious SARS officers across Nigeria.

Many Nigerians such as Deji Adeyanju, Segun Awosanya Segalink, myself have led various protests in this regards but what makes this one bigger is the fact that people can no longer take it, and they kept trooping to the streets to defend their lives,” he said.

According to him, “No person, political party or government can stand in the way of this organic protest. I led a protest against police brutality at Fela’s Kalakuta in Ikeja, when Johnson Kolade was gruesomely killed by trigger- happy police, so I know what is going on now.

“Also seeing the atrocities being perpetrated by many of the SARS officers such as the notorious one called James Nwafor, who has been sacked by the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, and people are demanding for his immediate arrest and prosecution.

“Of course, this very #ENDSARS protest is bigger than the #OccupyNigeria of the 2012 over fuel subsidy that abruptly saw an end to the PDP era, but this particular one is not targeting any political party to be honest.”

Adeoye further recalled: “We all know the story of #Occupynigeria of 2012, that it was a pro-opposition politicians-induced protest unlike the #ENDSARS that started off in 2017 by both Deji Adeyanju and Segalink as public advocacy group against police brutality. Nigerians just keyed in, and it went bigger on its own.

“Most of the people you see on the streets just want police to be reformed, then have better governance, and a country they can call their own. There is no need to politicise it, as you can even hear most of the protesters saying they don’t want any politicians near them, evidently in the way they chased Sowore away from their protest.

“However, the protest may affect the popularity of the government of the day, if the youths and elites in the country can use this same energy to support maybe a fresh political platform in the future elections. I say this because, you can see a lot of coordination in the way this protest is being carried out, the youths are techies, using majorly social media to call their fellows to actions.”

“This generation are obviously waking up and not falling for the tricks of the political class any longer, hoping that they will sustain the energy because that is what can truly transform the country as their movement will help to throw up the best amongst them into politics,” he further said.

Of course, this very #ENDSARS protest is bigger than the #Occupynigeria of the 2012 over fuel subsidy that abruptly saw an end to the PDP era, but this particular one is not targeting any political party to be honest