Popular Nigerian rapper and actor, Folarin Falana, fondly called Falz has said that Nigerian youths will not be silenced by anyone.
He spoke in response to the call by police on some Nigerians to drop their plans to commemorate the one year of the protests against police brutality and corruption with another protest.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, in a statement, said police in the state had banned anyone from organising any EndSARS remembrance protest.
But Falz lamenting how innocent people were killed just because they were asking not to be killed or brutalised, said since the awful incident a year ago no one has been punished for the crime.
He wrote on his Instagram page: “20:10:20 [update] They killed innocent souls that were simply asking not to be killed or brutalized.
“A year later, no one has been punished yet for those heinous crimes.
“A supposed Police Commissioner ‘warned’ against citizens exercising their fundamental human rights. Yes a Police Commissioner.
“A couple of well meaning citizens decided to put together a summit to reflect on last year’s events & honour the lost souls. Event centre pulls out (“instructions from above”)
“As I type this, there is already a HEAVY police presence at the Lekki toll gate.
“Best thing they could come up with is organizing ‘concerts’ to try and distract us from remembering the real heroes in all of this. The people they murdered.
“What we will never do, however, is be quiet. We will NEVER EVER EVER EVER be silenced.
“Not today, not on the 20th, not ever.”
Meanwhile, the National Economic Council (NEC) on Friday advised Nigerians against protesting to mark the anniversary of EndSARS.
A statement signed by Laolu Akande, the spokesperson to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, advised Nigerians to consider other lawful alternative means of engagement.
Akande asserted that the advisory was because of the current security situation across the country and the possibility of such protests being hijacked by armed hoodlums.