Nigerian celebrities, Folarin Falana, also known as Falz Da Bad Guy, and popular comedian and skit maker, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr. Marcaroni, have both rejected an invitation by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to participate in a peace walk tagged “The Healing of Lagos.”
The governor had extended the invitation to the celebrities during a press conference as part of the moves to heal the state following the October 20, 2020, Lekki Tollgate shooting, saying that a peace walk would be organized by the state.
He then invited the likes of Falz, Mr. Marcaroni, Dele Farotimi, Temitope Majekodunmi, Segun Awosanya alias Segalink, Adedotun, aka Just Detoun, Seun Kuti, Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu and Commander of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), CSP Yinka Egbeyemi and others to join him in the “historic march for our dear Lagos.”
However, Mr. Marcaroni turned down the invitation, telling the governor that genuine peacemaking should first begin by implementing the recommendations of a probe panel the governor set up to look into the shooting.
Falz, on his part, described the peace walk as a joke and a very disrespectful one at that.
Taking to his Instagram page, Mr. Macaroni wrote:
“I humbly decline the invitation of Mr Governor. The Government themselves set up a panel. The panel has made recommendations.
I believe that genuine peacemaking will begin by first implementing the recommendations of the panel. Then we can begin to trust the government.
Mr Governor has said it in his speech that to be a Centre of Excellence, we have to be a Center of Truth. Before there can be healing, the government has to be sincere. There must be acceptance of wrongdoings and willingness to correct them.
The last walk wey I do, na so dem bundle me, strip me naked, brutalize and dehumanize me. I no carry gun, I no carry weapon. As dem dey beat me, dem dey ask why I dey disturb Mr Governor. Now dem say make I come do walk. For another round of beating??
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Abeg o. If I wan lose weight, I go go gym. Same peaceful Walk wey Nigerian Youths do wey dem kill them? Some are still in prison.. Some have gone into hiding. Their lives no longer theirs all because we decided to walk against police brutality.”
On his part, Falz also wrote:
“This suggestion of a ‘walk of peace’ sounds like a joke and a very disrespectful one at that. People were murdered in cold blood and absolutely no iota of justice has been served more than a year after. How can there be peace without justice?
In this same speech, you said ‘To be a smart city, we first must be a just one.’ Remember the young Nigerians that had their lives snatched away by weapons wielded by our own Armed Forces? You want to sweep that under the carpet? Is that how to establish a just city? #ENDSARS
Young Nigerians, till today, are still being constantly harassed and extorted by police officers!! You were awfully quiet about that. Or are you not aware? #ENDSARS.”
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