A former Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa has pleaded with Nigerian youths to desist from the looting of properties in Calabar.
In a video uploaded on Saturday, Ita-Giwa was seen on her knees as she admitted that the leaders have failed the youths.
“Please my children, we are not oblivious of the fact that we have failed and wrong you, your country Nigeria has failed you, the elders have failed you but please stop the violence,” she said.
There have been reports of looting across the country after the #ENdSARS protest against police brutality was hijacked by hoodlums following the attack of protesters in Lagos by Soldiers.
A number of warehouses storing hoarded COVID-19 palliative and food supplements have been looted by residents in the state and others states in the country.
The looting has since graduated from warehouses to private properties, including homes of politicians.
Watch the video below:
Senator Florence Ita Giwa kneeling to beg the rioting youth in Calabar.
“I know we have wronged you. The generation of today has suffered. The big people have wronged you. Nigerian politics has failed you. But please forgive us. Forgive the big people. Forgive the politicians” pic.twitter.com/G7WJRk4As0— Big Daddy Gersh (@__gershom) October 25, 2020
Meanwhile, the state governor, Professor Ben Ayade imposed a 24-hour curfew to curtail the recent violence that has hit some parts of the state, effective Friday, October 23.
The government, however, warned that security agents have been mandated to arrest anybody who flouts it.
