The Feminist Coalition that has been organizing money inflows for #EndSARS campaign has said that an aggregate of N147.8 million was received internationally within 14 days of the campaign against Police brutality and ruthlessness in Nigeria.
This was revealed in a statement issued and signed by 14 of its members including F.K. Abudu and Damilola Odufuwa among others on Thursday, 22nd October, 2020.
The feminist group stated that out of the funds gotten for the demonstration globally, a sum of N60.4 million has been dispensed as of Thursday, October 22 while the rest of the N87.4 million “will go towards funding medical emergencies, legal aids for wrongfully detained citizens and relief for victims of police brutality and families of the deceased.”
Its statement reads in part underneath…
“We stand in solidarity with every Nigerian who has raised their voice to demand for urgent police reform, the end of police brutality, bad governance in Nigeria, and the disbandment of the notorious SARS unit.
“Here is a summary of the total funds we received and disbursed (in Naira) as of October 22nd, 2020: total received equals N147,855,788.28 (includes donations in dollars, Euros, Bitcoin and other currencies), total disbursed equals N60,403,235.00 and the total funds left equals N87,452,553.28.”
Well, it revealed that out of the remaining funds, the total of N20,114,087.25 will be diverted for #EndSARSresponse (Medical), N15,741,459.59 for legal aid network; 40,228,174.51 naira will be as relief funds for casualties of police brutality and families of the deceased, N5,247,153.197 for memorial for the fallen heroes while the rest N6,121,678.73 will be for #EndSARSMentalHealthSupport.
Considering the violence that later encompassed the protests, prompting the slaughtering of numerous individuals and destruction of both public and private properties, the group disclosed that it had decided to stop all the cash inflows for the protest, just as it called on Nigerian young people to observe the mandated curfews in their respected states for the sake of peace.
The statement added;
“The past two weeks have been tough for many Nigerians, most especially the last two days. Many lives have been lost and properties destroyed at the height of what started as peaceful marches for the end to police brutality. We wish to emphasize that we will no longer be accepting donations for #EndSARS going forward.”
.PNG)
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