I love Mohbad and I miss him. I am personally pained by his death and I have shown how much pained I am by his death publicly and privately and I have constantly written about it. In fact, I am involved in some of the legal processes that have been instituted in avenging his death but this won’t stop us from calling out what appears to be wrong.
His death has become national news and different states in Nigeria have organized a wake service for him. Even Nigerians in the diaspora have honored his memory by organizing wake-keeping for him in different parts of the world but some of you are now doing too much. Some of you are hell-bent on turning an honorable course into a dishonorable one.
Yesterday, Lagos residents organized a procession for the late Mohbad and after the procession, some of the attendees decided to move to the Lekki toll gate which is over 25 kilometers from the venue where the procession took place. Instead of dispersing to their various destinations, they decided to move to the toll gate and camped there even when the organizers publicly announced that everyone should go home and that the procession was over.
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The procession ended by 8 pm but some mischief makers moved to the Lekki toll gate and camped there until almost midnight when they were forced out by security agencies. They camped at the toll gate for hours and started constituting a nuisance and the police and other security agencies after numerous failed attempts to peacefully and civilly disperse them shot some tear gas into the air. This caused a stampede and many people sustained injuries hence the public outcry all over the social media last night that the police are beginning to attack citizens again.
People should know that Mohbad wake keep procession is not a protest; it is not a protest in any form, not even a peaceful protest, it is a wake-keeping in honor of his demise and the government will never allow mischief makers who have ill agenda and want to use this as another avenue to cause another national unrest and chaos. The government of Lagos state and the federal government is yet to recover from the Lekki toll gate protest of 2020 and the economic and public havoc that caused will never be forgotten in hurry hence why the government will never allow this procession to be hijacked and turned into a protest that will lead to loss of lives and properties. The security agencies will use any means necessary to make sure that the incident of October 2020 never repeats itself again.
Please in honor of Mohbad’s memory and for your own safety, after every procession, it is better to disperse to your different residences so that this honorable cause will not be turned into a dishonorable event that will pitch the government against the citizens again. If it becomes chaotic, the government will declare curfew and put a stop to every other procession.
