A social activist Segun Awosanya alias Segalink has withdrawn from the ongoing #EndSARS campaign, alleging that the movement fueling it is seeking insurrection.
Mr Awosanya announced his withdrawal in a statement on Sunday.
“Jumping from social reform already in gear without consultation to the original organisation that’s been on it since 2017, staging coordinated attacks on prominent reform advocates and then using a credible advocacy’s campaign to raise funds through an unregistered NGO, threatening the integrity of our nation and gunning for youth insurrection in the name of #EndSARS. Is this even sane?” he asked in his statement.
Awosanya had hitherto been the face of the #EndSARS campaign on social media.
He has been accused of trying to use a platform he created with other activists against police brutality to outsmart #EndSARS protesters.
But he denied the allegations, saying they were being pushed by a group of feminists whom he accused of pursuing an LGBTQ agenda.
The Feminist Coalition has been leading the campaign to raise funds and support victims of police brutality and undue harassment over the past two weeks. Their role received a terrific boost last week when Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recognised the platform as the face of the movement, verified their Twitter accounts and amplified their fundraiser.
“A movement is not a political party or interest group, neither is it a fad or trend, which are unorganised, fleeting and without structured goals. It is in between all these and takes grounded education to navigate the terrain,” Awosanya added.
He further tweeted: “All efforts to talk sense into the arrow heads, who are mostly abroad and the few in their high estates have proven abortive. I believe everyone is matured enough to face the consequences of their actions. #Selah.”
The latest series of protests were fuelled by an incident in late September involving the alleged killing of a man in Ughelli, Delta State, the government responded by abolishing the brutal police unit the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
