Operation Crocodile Smile: Burutai, Presidency making their gravest mistakes – FFK

Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani Kayode has condemned the launching of nationwide Operation Crocodile Smile by the Nigerian Army.

Femi demeaning the operation, noted that plans to deploy soldiers on the streets to slaughter #EndSARS protesters the same way the Shiite Muslims and IPOB youths were once slaughtered by the military and security forces will be Lt. General Tukur Burutai and President Muhammadu Buhari’s biggest mistake and gravest error.

The Nigerian Army had on Saturday announced the commencement of her sixth Operation Crocodile Smile nationwide starting from 20th October 2020 to 31st December 2020.

Reacting to the announcement, Femi said that he would not wait for more blood to be shed before he speaks, adding that the determination to use brute force against innocent young men and women in an attempt to crush this protest comes with a very heavy price tag and butchers bill.

Advising the Army general, Femi stated that the situation can and must be handled with the utmost maturity and restraint by the Federal Government and in a peaceful, rational and reasonable manner, adding that the protesters are fighting for their future and cannot and will not be intimidated.

He added that if for any reason whatsoever, they go ahead with the operation, it will turn the #Endsars movement into the #EndNigeria movement and no force or power in hell or on earth will be able to resist or stop it.

“We say this today, we say it without fear or favor and we say it for everyone, both friend and foe, to hear loudly and clearly: the determination to use brute force and to kill innocent young men and women in an attempt to crush this protest comes with a very heavy price tag and butchers bill.

“The plan to deploy soldiers in our streets and to slaughter #EndSARS protesters in the same way that the Shiite Muslims and IPOB youths were once slaughtered by the military and security forces will be Lt. General Tukur Burutai and President Muhammadu Buhari’s biggest mistake and gravest error.

“This must NEVER happen and if it is true that they are seriously contemplating it then they should reconsider and think again!

“If for ANY reason whatsoever, they go ahead, it will turn the #Endsars movement into the #EndNigeria movement and no force or power in hell or on earth will be able to resist or stop it.

“We warn again: do not unleash the dogs of war and demons of hell on these protestors. Do not kill these INNOCENT, HARMLESS and DEFENCELESS young men and women who have courageously embarked on a LAWFUL and PEACEFUL protest and who are doing nothing more than exercising their constitutional right of freedom of speech and freedom of association.

“The consequences of going ahead and doing so, amongst much else, will be that you will end up in the International Court of Criminal Justice and be prosecuted for crimes against humanity and genocide in the not too distant future.

“I say it again, do not bite off more than you can chew, do not beat the drums of armed conflict and do not let slip the dogs of war!

“This matter can and must be handled with the utmost maturity and restraint by the Federal Government and in a peaceful, rational and reasonable manner.

“These young men and women are fighting for their future: they cannot and will not be intimidated. The threat of mass murder or genocide or its actualization will not stop them: rather it will embolden them and turn them into martyrs for democracy” he added.

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