BREAKING: Naira Marley calls off #EndSARS Lagos protest

Popular musical artiste, Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, has  just cancelled the proposed #EndSARS protest billed for Lagos metropolis.

Naira Marley announced the call-off on his twitter handle on Tuesday.

He tweeted:

We won’t be protesting anymore because there’s a lot of changes being made right now. As a Marlian we will give them a week to see the changes and if there’s no changes we will start a mass protest. #togetherwecan

We won’t be protesting anymore because there’s a lot of changes being made right now. As a Marlian we will give them a week to see the changes and if there’s no changes we will start a mass protest. #togetherwecan https://t.co/RNBXZ0IOfw

— nairamarley (@officialnairam1) October 6, 2020

He noted, however, that the call-off if just to give the Police leadership one week to “arrange themselves”.

Failure to effect any visible changes in the given period, “we will rearrange them”, he posted.

He tweeted:

If they don’t arrange themselves we will rearrange them..so we will give them a week and if we don’t see any changes we will make changes. #EndSARSBrutality #EndPoliceBrutality #TogetherWeCan”

According to Naira Marley, “the protest was a cry for change, Nigerian youths and citizens should feel safe.

“The government have promised to make changes.

“Whilst we anticipate their actions it’s important we stick together to sort the issues on ground.”

He urged his followers, the Marlian nation, to join the live chat and ask any question they want.

The decision to call of followed the intervention of the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba in a series of tweets.

DCP Mba had, in the tweets by the Nigeria Police Force, proposed a live chat with Naira Marley on the social media platform, Instagram.

The Force PRO said the chat will answer questions and discuss the concerns of young Nigerians on the issues of SARS operations and other burning issues.

He said:

“The Inspector General of Police wishes to inform Nigerian youths that their voices and complaints on the issues of unprofessional conducts by some SARS operatives have been heared very loudly and clearly.

“The Force is irrevocably committed to changing these narratives and undertaking far-reaching reforms to reposition SARS and other Tactical Squads for better service delivery.

“The Orders and restrictions on the operations of SARS and others already issued by the IGP are just the initial steps out of the many reforms planned for the Tactical Squads.

“The Leadership of the NPF will work with the Ministry of Youth and other stakeholders, including Youth leaders, youth entrepreneurs, CSOs and others in formulating and implementing consensual reforms.

“Today, Tuesday 6th October, 2020, by 11am, the Force PRO- DCP Frank Mba will be having a live instagram chat with Naira Marley to answer questions and discuss the concerns of young Nigerians on the issues of SARS operations and other burning issues. Please stay tuned.”

The chat is still going on as at the moment of this publication.

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