Falz and Mr Macaroni were part of the celebrities who joined Nigerian youths at the Lekki Toll gate to protest police brutality in 2020
By Kehinde Okeowo
Actor and singer, Folarin Falana, better known as Falz and popular skit maker, Adebowale Adedayo, a.k.a Mr Macaroni attended the #EndSARS memorial procession at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos.
Others present at the Thursday procession to mark the second anniversary of the Lekki shooting include Feyikemi Abudu and a host of other youths.
TheNiche earlier reported that Police fired teargas to disperse protesters commemorating the 2nd anniversary of the movement.
In a live footage, protesters were seen running helter-skelter for safety and there are photos of several arrests made at the scene of the incident.
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Falz and Mr Macaroni were part of the celebrities who joined thousands of Nigerian youths at the Lekki Toll gate to protest police brutality in 2020.
A man, identified as Desmond Jacob, was picked up by men of the Nigeria Police Force.
He later claimed that he was among peaceful protesters that converged at the Lekki Tollgate on October 20, 2020, the day of the shooting that led to the loss of lives of peaceful protesters.
Jacob could be seen kneeling in front of the toll gate crying before police officers came and picked him up. However, after interrogation, he was released and asked to leave.
EndSARS was a decentralised mass protest against police brutality in Nigeria which occurred in October 2020.
The movement called for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the Nigerian Police allegedly accused of having a long record of abuse on Nigerian citizens.
The protest took its name from the slogan and online conversation which started in 2017 as a Twitter campaign using the hashtag #EndSARS to demand the disbanding of the unit by the Nigerian government.
Solidarity protests and demonstrations by Nigerians in the diaspora and sympathizers also occurred in many major cities of the world.
The protest was notable for its patronage by a demographic that is made of entirely young Nigerians, the movement has since expanded to include demands for good and accountable governance.
