Organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests have referred to as for the dismissal of the Inspector Basic of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun over the killing of some demonstrators by safety personnel. The protesters made the demand throughout a candlelight symposium held in honour of the victims on the Rights Home in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Friday…..CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
A member of the committee and Nationwide Spokesperson of the Youth Rights Marketing campaign, Comrade Hassan Taiwo, on the candlelight, emphasised the urgency of sacking the Inspector Basic of Police.
Taiwo hinged the decision on the alleged killing of greater than 40 individuals in the course of the nationwide protest to finish starvation and hardship. “We’re demanding the sacking of the Inspector Basic of Police,” he asserted. The candlelight procession was additionally anticipated to start at Alausa after the symposium. Recall that the organising committee of the protest had on the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota, Lagos, declared three days of mourning in honour of these killed 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 on Friday.
It was additionally reported that Amnesty Worldwide accused the Nigerian safety forces of killing not less than 21 protesters in the course of the week of demonstrations in opposition to financial hardship.