Singer Falz and skit maker Mr Marcaroni have both rejected the invitation of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to a peace walk in December following the damages done during the #EndSARS protest against police brutality.
Both of them had led a memorial protest at Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2021.
Mr Marcaroni said in a tweet that genuine peacemaking should begin by first implementing the recommendations of the judicial panel set up to investigate the October 20, 2020 shooting of protesters in Lekki.
He said, “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.”
Falz also said in a tweet that the governor’s “walk of peace” would mean nothing without justice.
“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?” the musician asked.
Activist Segun Awosanya aka Segalink, who was also invited to the peace walk, did not say if he would be part of the walk. He, however, commended Sanwo-Olu for his leadership.
“Mr Governor @jidesanwoolu has shown leadership with this matured response and we hope the WhitePaper will mirror his sentiment. We all want closure, Justice and healing for our society. The experience of 20th October 2020 must never be repeated,” he tweeted.
