Popular Nigerian singer, Folarin Falana, widely known “Falz”, led a group of protesters to the Lekki Tollgate on Thursday in memory of the shooting that took place at the toll gate on October 20th, 2020. Multiple families suffered great losses in the aftermath.
The second memorial of the #EndSARS protest also marked the presence of comedian Adebowale Adebayo, better known by his stage name, Mr Macaroni.
A video shared on Channels TV shows Falz speaking during the procession, mentioning that they are at the toll gate as a result of those who he alleged were killed at the place two years ago. He also added that the alleged killings were being denied by the government. “Government dey try deny say e happen, but we will never let that happen,” Falz said in pidgin English.
Folarin Falana aka Falz leads the #EndSARSMemorial2 at Lekki toll gate.
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— Channels Television (@channelstv) October 20, 2022
“We no com cause trouble for here o, na our people wey dem kill October 20, 2020, na dem we come here con remember; that is why we are here.
“We no wan make anybody make this movement say na political anything. These coffins we dey here so, make we carry dem go tollgate, these coffins are very symbolic. Na here wey dem kill our people, so we go throw this coffin for them, na them get am,” he added in pidgin English as he led the protesters.
OduNews reports that the police fired tear gas at protesters as they tried to disperse the crowd.
