Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has at last cancelled his planned Peace walk, which he noted would heal all the wounds of the controversial October 20, 2020 gruesome killing of Nigerian youths at the Lekki Toll Gate by men of the Nigerian army
The governor had in an address on November 30, 2021, while talking on the submitted report iof the #EndSARS panel, invited some known faces of the EndSARS protest in the state to a peace walk, which he tagged “the healing of Lagos” this December.
Those invited include Folarin Falana (Falz), Debo Adebayo (Mr. Marcaroni), Dele Farotimi, Temitope Majekodunmi, Segun Awosanya (Segalink), Adedotun (Just Detoun), Seun Kuti, Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu; and Commander of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, amongst others.
But Falz, Mr Macaroni, the younger Kuti, as well as many other prominent faces at the #End SARS protest had rejected the invitation, saying there must be justice for EndSARS victims before peace.
However, in a statement on Thursday, Sanwo-Olu said he is “constrained to stand down all preparations for the Walk for Peace” so as not to “endanger the life of any Lagosian” in the midst of the outbreak of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has at last cancelled his planned Peace walk, which he noted would heal all the wounds of the controversial October 20, 2020 gruesome killing of Nigerian youths at the Lekki Toll Gate by men of the Nigerian army
The governor had in an address on November 30, 2021, while talking on the submitted report iof the #EndSARS panel, invited some known faces of the EndSARS protest in the state to a peace walk, which he tagged “the healing of Lagos” this December.
Those invited include Folarin Falana (Falz), Debo Adebayo (Mr. Marcaroni), Dele Farotimi, Temitope Majekodunmi, Segun Awosanya (Segalink), Adedotun (Just Detoun), Seun Kuti, Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu; and Commander of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, amongst others.
But Falz, Mr Macaroni, the younger Kuti, as well as many other prominent faces at the #End SARS protest had rejected the invitation, saying there must be justice for EndSARS victims before peace.
However, in a statement on Thursday, Sanwo-Olu said he is “constrained to stand down all preparations for the Walk for Peace” so as not to “endanger the life of any Lagosian” in the midst of the outbreak of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
