Popular comedian and activist, Adebowale Adedayo, widely known as Mr Macaroni, has led a peace walk in Lagos today Friday, 20th of October 2023, to mark the third anniversary of the Lekki shooting, a tragic event that marked the conclusion of the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. During the walk, Mr Macaroni passionately called for the release of #EndSARS protesters who are still in detention three years after the mass protests took place.
Addressing the crowd of participants, Mr Macaroni stated, “The peace walk is to honor all those who lost their lives on October 20, 2020. We’ve done that. We want to walk back, but the police don’t want us to walk back. We don’t want to give them a reason or an excuse to fire at us. We’ve been on this for three years now, and we know what they are capable of doing.”
Furthermore, he used the opportunity to demand the unconditional release of all protesters who remain in prison. Despite legal efforts to secure their release, several protesters have been detained since 2020.
