A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana has reacted to a lawsuit lodged before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Abuja against 50 persons for their alleged roles in the #EndSARS protests that took place last month.
An activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, had on Monday alleged that during the protests, his properties were destroyed and the defendants who promoted the #EndSARS protests must be brought to justice.
Those listed as defendants include Musician Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido, Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz; and social media comedians, Debo Adebayo aka Mr Macaroni, and Maryam Akpaokagi aka Taoma.
Other musicians sued include Peter and Paul Okoye, Innocent Idibia aka Tuface, Bankole Wellington popularly known as Banky W, Tiwa Savage, Michael Ajereh aka Don Jazzy and Yemi Alade.
However, Falana while featuring on AIT’s morning programme, Kakaaki, on Wednesday, said the suit was at its preliminary stage.
He explained that the complainant has yet to show any evidence that those listed in the suit were responsible for the violence that later characterised the nationwide protests against police brutality.