The #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Organising Committee has demanded the dismissal of the Inspector Common of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in response to the killing of protesters.
This demand was made throughout a candlelight symposium held in honour of the victims on the Rights Home in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Friday.
Recall that the committee, primarily based on the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota, Lagos, had declared three days of mourning for these killed nationwide in the course of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests.
The starvation strike, which was meant to final for ten days, is now on its ninth day as of Friday.
Amnesty Worldwide has accused the Nigerian safety forces of killing not less than 21 protesters throughout every week of demonstrations in opposition to financial hardships.
On the candlelight symposium, a member of the committee and Nationwide Spokesperson of the Youth Rights Marketing campaign, Hassan Taiwo, emphasised the urgency of sacking the IGP, stating that greater than 40 folks have misplaced their lives nationwide. “We’re demanding the sacking of the Inspector Common of Police,” he asserted.
In the meantime, the CDHR candlelight procession is predicted to start in Alausa after the symposium.
Nonetheless, cops stopped protesters from continuing to the Alausa space in Lagos State, as a substitute providing an alternate route.
Taiwo added that the group was decided to mourn these killed however is not going to proceed to Alausa as a result of orders from the Lagos State Commissioner of Police.
He urged the group members to take management of the procession, emphasising that their peaceable strategy shouldn’t be seen as cowardice.
He mentioned, “We’ve simply been knowledgeable by the police that the Commissioner of Police has directed us to not go to Alausa. Comrades, I suggest, in the event you don’t thoughts, that we take management of this procession ourselves, somewhat than giving them the prospect to dictate our actions. They need to not mistake our gentility for cowardice.”
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