Burna Boy Bows To Pressure As He Joins #ENDSARS Movement

Sensational Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu otherwise known as Burna Boy, has joined the #EndSARS campaign.

The Grammy Award nominee bowed to pressure from fans and critics, officially joined the #EndSARS peaceful protest which seeks the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force.

He issued a statement on Saturday, 10th October, 2020, amid knocks from Nigerian adolescents who had communicated dissatisfaction over the singer’s quietness. 

 

The multi award winning singer said the protest ought not be about him but about more profound issues. 

“I have taken the past week to gather my thoughts. I usually respond to these matters with my emotions and frustrations. This time I have chosen to ignore the attempts; well-meaning or derogatory to draw me out. This is not and should not be about me. It is about a fundamental problem that affects us all Nigerians, as Africans, and as human beings.

“The state of our country, Nigeria, is tricky; it has been from before I was born. My greatest concern in all of this is that SARS will end now as it allegedly has several times in the past (I recall giving calls to end SARS during my USA tour in April 2019 and morph into a different entity down the line with a different form or a different name. In my opinion, abolishing the unit is a definite first step but we cannot afford to stop there.” he penned down.

 

The Port Harcourt-born singer commended the protesters for exercising their right to demonstrate.

He additionally expressed that he had created a fund that would be used in helping protesters that are wrongfully nabbed by the police.

The self-acclaimed African giant said, “I have created a sub-fund under my charity- The Reach called (@ProjectProtectng) to help protesters that are wrongfully harmed/arrested by SARS during and after these protests. This is a fund for the people by the people.”

So far so good, thousands of Nigerian youths have been protesting police badgering and extrajudicial killing by SARS, a particular unit that was created over a 10 ago to tackle armed robbery.

Over the years, , in any case, SARS officers began extorting money from youths driving big cars, using costly phones, laptops or wearing dreadlocks.

The badgering has on a few events deteriorated to killings. 

The fresh peaceful protests which started on Thursday, 8th October, 2020, has been endorsed by both local and international entertainers and a few other prominent figures.