An #EndSARS campaigner, Rinu Oduala, has warned the
operatives of the Lagos State Police Command that nothing untoward must happen
to #OccupyLekkiTollgate protesters including popular comedian Debo Adebayo,
also known as Mr Macaroni.
Mr Macaroni and about 30 other #OccupyLekkiTollgate
campaigners were arrested on Saturday for protesting at the Lekki toll gate
where they demanded that justice be served to the victims of the October 20
2020 #EndSARS protest at the toll plaza.
Oduala, who condemned the arrest of the protesters, also
called on the Speaker of the House of Representative, Femi Gbajabiamila; and
other politicians in the state to condemn the arrest and detention of the
protesters.
She tweeted, “Nothing must happen to Mr Macaroni. The Police will arrest until they get tired!
“Under Buhari’s democracy, we beg for our rights to be
recognised. We get treated as slaves and criminals just for demanding for our
rights. #EndSARS.”
The the Lagos State Judicial Panel
of Inquiry probing alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the
Lekki toll gate, decided to hand over the tollgate back to its operators, Lekki
Concession Company, after forensic experts submitted their report on the
October 20, 2020 incident.
Four members of the panel including Oduala, a youth
representative who later stepped down from the panel for what she described as
injured, faulted the decision of the panel but the chairman of the panel,
retired Justice Doris Okuwobi, and four other members of the panel acceded to
LCC’s request to repossess the toll gate.
Subsequently, hashtags such as #OccupyLekkiTollgate and
counter-protest hashtags such as #DefendLagos and #DemNoBornYourPapaWell
trended online.
While the #DefendLagos campaigners shelved their planned
counter-protest, the # OccupyLekkiTollgate campaigners said there was no going
back and insisted that the protest must hold.
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