Kenyan cleric warns Nigerian youth against violent protests

As Nigerian youth prepare to take to the streets tomorrow, activist cleric Bishop Wycliffe Khaemba has warned them against resorting to violent protests, citing the devastating consequences of similar actions in Kenya.

Bishop Khaemba, who has spent 28 years in activism, urged Nigerian youth to learn from the experience of Kenya, where massive protests against tax hikes have resulted in widespread damage to public infrastructure, loss of livelihoods and disruption to education.

“We allowed ourselves to be drawn into violent protests and riots, thinking that it would produce the desired results. Unfortunately, it produced the undesired results,” Bishop Khaemba said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Describing the dire consequences of the protests in Kenya, he stated: “Tens of thousands of small and medium businesses have been destroyed along with key public infrastructure, and people’s lives have been drastically changed.

“The education of our next generation has been affected, and we are not even back to square one. We are actually falling further behind.”

He describes the dire consequences of the protests in Kenya, where tens of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses have been destroyed, people’s lives have been upended, and the education of future generations has been affected.

Bishop Khaemba advised Nigerian youths not to go down the same route, warning that it would not end well for them and the nation.

His words were a timely warning, as Nigerians prepare to air their grievances over the government’s handling of the economy and insecurity.

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