A’walk for peace’ procession scheduled to take place this month to bring closure to last year’s post-#EndSARS protests crises, has been cancelled by Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The governor announced the walk last month shortly before a panel he set up released a white paper that rejected a judicial panel’s submission that security forces committed a massacre at the Lekki Toll Gate.
The judicial panel was itself set up by the governor to investigate allegations that the security agents indeed killed numerous people who were protesting against police brutality on October 20, 2020.
The 56-year-old said there’s been a ‘significant rise’ in cases associated with the variant which has caused a global panic over the past two weeks.
The planned walk had mostly been a subject of ridicule on social media since the governor first announced it.
Many of the activists he publicly invited have openly rejected the invitation especially in light of the white paper, insisting that he ensures justice is done for victims.
But the governor was upbeat in his Thursday statement, claiming that there was overwhelming support for the aborted walk from civil society leaders, entertainers, trade associations, student groups, and the diplomatic community. (Pulse)
