The president’s said this in a recorded nationwide address on Thursday night.
The president met his national security team at the State House on Thursday.
The ICRC’s call comes as Nigerian security forces are being caught on camera unleashing violence on protesters in Lagos and Abuja.
Lagos was the scene of a carnage by Nigerian soldiers on Tuesday.
In a viral video, the lance corporal asks fellow soldiers to disregard any directive to open live rounds on unarmed protesters.
Nigerian soldiers killed at least nine protesters in Lagos on Tuesday, while other state agents supported armed thugs to cause destruction.
The soldiers cut electricity supply to muddle camera visibility in the area.
Senior police sources inform the Gazette that officers have been instructed to target citizens and leave thugs to run amok in the Nigerian capital.
Sponsored thugs seeking mayhem descended on citizens protesting against police brutality in Apo, just south of Abuja city centre.
The Edo governor seizes a jailbreak in the capital Monday morning to impose a state-wide curfew.
