Nigerian actor and content creator, Adebowale Debo Adedayo popularly known by his stage name ‘Mr Macaroni’ has pleaded that protesters who are still in police custody be released.
He disclosed this to the press during the peaceful walk for the third year remembrance of the Endsars movement which took place on Friday, 20th of October 2023.
Recall that some Nigerian citizens took to the street of Lagos ‘Lekki tollgate’ to protest against police brutality and the disbandment of SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad) on the 11th of October 2020.
However they could not carry on with the protest because the Nigerian Army arrived at the scene of the protest on the 20th of October 2023 and opened fire on peaceful and unarmed protesters.
Since then every 20th of October citizens of Nigeria gathered at the location of the incidence for a peaceful walk and to pray for the souls that were lost.
Mr Macaroni has now revealed that some protesters have been in police custody since 2020 when the protest took place, adding that lawyers have been on the case but no action has been taking still.
He said that “In as much as we have said that this is a very peaceful walk we want it to remain so, and what I want to do now is to use this opportunity to call for the unconditional release of all those that are still unjustly in prison. There are still some protesters that have been imprisoned since 2020 Lawyers have been on the case different shout everyday but till now they are still there we are using this walk once again to call on all those concerned for the unconditional release of all protesters that are still in prison till now.”
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