Aggrieved Nigerians have taken to Twitter to drag Nigerian singer, Naira Marley for cancelling the protest against police brutality that was scheduled to hold today.

Naira stated that youths should no longer come out for the protest, because there is lots of changes going and efforts are being made by the Inspector General of Police to tackle SARS brutality.

He tweeted,

“We won’t be protesting anymore because there’s a lot of changes being made right now. As a Marlian we will give them a week to see the changes and if there’s no changes we will start a mass protest. #togetherwecan”.

However Nigerians are extremely angry about the cancelled protest and have taken to the micro-blogging platform to vent as they drag the singer to pieces.

The angry citizens have tagged the marlian president a coward, while others accuse him of selling his rights for money.

A netizen @ogbenidipo tweeted, “Naira Marley was here saying young Nigerians like online chit chat and protest. He organised something. Then, on the morning, cancel it and says he’s having a chat with the Nigeria Police Force on Instagram. Ok.”

Another Twitter user @anambravirgin wrote, “All of you that took naira Marley seriously about the protest are actually unserious”

@Umrtheo wrote, “He created a deal for himself good for him”

@Biisi96 wrote, “Naira Marley don carry protest go IG live, nice one. I’m surprised it took him this long to cancel it self. At least we won’t hear about how we only protest on Twitter alone anymore. Him coward, me coward all of us together coward”.

Nigerian singer, Azeez Adeshina Fashola also known as Naira Marley has cancelled #EndSars protest scheduled to hold today Tuesday, October 6.

This came after a statement was made by the Inspector General of Police, as he inform Nigerian youths that their voices and complaints on the issues of unprofessional conducts by some SARS operatives would been heard very loudly and clearly.

Naira took to Twitter to back out of the protest, as he said there will be an Instagram live session with PRO- DCP Frank Mba on his page.

“We won’t be protesting anymore because there’s a lot of changes being made right now. As a Marlian we will give them a week to see the changes and if there’s no changes we will start a mass protest” Naira tweeted in response to the IGP’s statement.

The statement reads;

“The Force is irrevocably committed to changing these narratives and undertaking far-reaching reforms to reposition SARS and other Tactical Squads for better service delivery.

The Orders and restrictions on the operations of SARS and others already issued by the IGP are just the initial steps out of the many reforms planned for the Tactical Squads.

The Leadership of the NPF will work with the Ministry of Youth and other stakeholders, including Youth leaders, youth entrepreneurs, CSOs and others in formulating and implementing consensual reforms.

Today, Tuesday 6th October, 2020, by 11am, the Force PRO- DCP Frank Mba will be having a live instagram chat with Naira Marley to answer questions and discuss the concerns of young Nigerians on the issues of SARS operations and other burning issues. Please stay tuned.”

We won’t be protesting anymore because there’s a lot of changes being made right now. As a Marlian we will give them a week to see the changes and if there’s no changes we will start a mass protest. #togetherwecan https://t.co/RNBXZ0IOfw

— nairamarley (@officialnairam1) October 6, 2020

Nigeria’s Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has pleaded with popular rapper, Naira Marley, to halt his protest scheduled to hold today against police brutality.

The singer had announced that the protest will begin by 9am at the second toll gate in Lagos.

Naira Marley, who had initially declined participation in any protest over fear of being imprisoned, added that the protest must be peaceful, and free from stealing or vandalism.

“So 9am tomorrow we move

2nd toll gate

Peaceful protest

No vandalism, no fights and no stealing.” he tweeted.

However, Dare took to his official Twitter handle to ask the Mafo crooner to stop the protest slated for today.

The minister noted that Naira Marley’s grievance is being addressed at the ‘highest level of government’.

He tweeted, “I urge you and other youth not to embark upon any protest. Your grievances are being addressed at the highest level of government. As the Minister in charge of youth, I know this is an issue that must be tackled. Government is doing just that.”

Responding to the Minister’s tweet, Naira simply asked if Dare cared about the youths in the country.

“Ekale Sir. We have heard this before. Four times. Why will this time be different? Do you really care about the youth? Many of us have been killed and they harass us every day. What is the assurance this time? We need assurance,” the singer wrote.