Falana to Buhari: Tell police to leave EndSARS memorial protesters alone
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to abide by his oath of office by calling on the police not to disrupt upcoming EndSARS memorial protests.
Last October’s protest against police brutality culminated in the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and in the alleged shooting of peaceful demonstrators at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos.
State police commissioner Hakeem Odumosu said protesters will not be allowed to openly rally in commemoration of the shooting on October 20.
“It is public knowledge that General Muhammadu Buhari (as he then was) and other leaders of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) took part in public rallies against fuel hike in January 2012 and protests against insecurity in November 2014,” the activist lawyer said in a statement on Thursday.
“To that extent, the Buhari administration ought to restrain the police from banning peaceful rallies against police brutality on October 20, 2021, in any manner whatsoever and however.”
Also, activist publisher Omoyele Sowore insists that EndSARS memorial protests will hold regardless of threats from the police.
