#EndSARS: Soldiers Address Protesters In Osogbo; Say’ “We’re On Ground To Protect You”

Despite the 24hrs curfew imposed on Osun by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, protesters stormed the street of Osogbo, the Osun state capital on Wednesday.

The OSUNREPORTERS NEWS Correspondent gathered that, protesters gathered in their numbers at some junctions and roundabout while some are moving round the street despite the presence of security men.

In Osogbo, the popular Oloiya junction and Ota-efun/Ayetoro road were full of protesters.

However, scores of soldiers have stormed Olaiya, the convergence spot of the EndSARS protesters.

Our Correspondent reports that the soldiers arrived the EndSARS protest Ground in their numbers with with about seven vans around 11:10 am on Wednesday.

The soldiers according to our Correspondent who was at the protest Ground displayed high level of professionalism.

The soldiers who were fully armed reacted to the agitations and complaints lodged by protesting youths against alleged brutality, extortion and extra-judicial killings by operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Response Squad (SARS) in a peaceful and professional way.

Addressing the protesting youths, one of the troops who had earlier joined the protesters with the Nigerian flag in his hand said they were not on ground to launch attack on the protesters .

The soldier said they were with the protesters and would ensure they are safely in the course of their peaceful protest.

He said there was the need for the protesters to obey the executive order of the state governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola emphasising that they will not attack the protesters.

Recall that the state government had on Tuesday imposed 24 hours curfew on the residents of the state.

As at the time of filling this report, some hoodlums were said to have moved to the state owned Radio/TV station, OSBC located at Oke-baale in Osogbo where property were reportedly destroyed.