By Gabriel Atumeyi
The police on Tuesday morning restricted movement in and out of Afrika Shrine in Ikeja, Lagos State, to prevent a proposed #EndSARS meeting from holding.
This is coming after Seun, son of Fela Kuti, late Afrobeat legend, tackled the Lagos State government over plans to shut down Afrika Shrine over the proposed meeting at the shrine, according to a report by the Cable.
In a post on his Instagram page on Monday, the 37-year-old Afrobeat singer called out the government for clamping down on people’s right to association.
He added that the government called Yeni Kuti, his eldest sister, to warn against the meeting billed for 12 pm on Tuesday.
Seun also accompanied the post with a letter from the divisional police officer at Alausa, kicking against the proposed meeting.
He, however, vowed to continue with the meeting tagged “#EndSARS Movement: Lessons and Task” at another venue after considering his family’s decision.
“Yesterday, the government called my eldest sister @yeniakuti and threatened to close the shrine if I hold my event there tomorrow and also sent a letter to back it up,” he wrote.
“I respect my family’s decision not to hold the event as is but I will still go ahead with all the other organisations to launch THE MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE tomorrow and start our political resistance to the tyranny of this oppressive regime.
“This is a meeting, just a meeting of organisations and they are basically banning the right of association. Why are they afraid of the people organising? What is democratic about this act?
“The last time we tried to launch the government quickly called curfew and this time they have used threat but you can’t stop the will of the people. #getthesax #liberationgeneration #wenodoagain #endoppression.”