A
group of protesters led by Seun Kuti,
the son of Afrobeat legend, Fela
Anikulapo -Kuti defied the Nigerian
police to stage a May Day protest in Lagos, Nigeria.
Policemen
deployed to stop the march fired bullets to scare away the protesters who had
tagged the event #StolenDreamsProtest
but the organizers stood their ground saying they are entitled to march
peacefully anywhere in Nigeria without police permission.
As
the the resistance grew, members of the Joint Action Front (JAF) and students
in Lagos State joined the protesters. They eventually succeeded in getting the
police to agree to their protest march and also to provide protection to the
marchers.
The
protesters are demanding that the policemen and government deploy their strength
into finding and returning the missing 200+ girls abducted 16 days ago from a
boarding school in Chibok, Borno State.
Carrying
a large banner announcing the reason for their protest, they sang "Go to Sambisa and Bring Back Our
Girls" to the policemen until they reached their destination at the
Onikan Stadium, where the annual workers' May Day is holding.
Celebrities
spotted in the march includes: Kathleen
Ndongmo, Cameronian activist, Debola
Williams of The Future Project & designer, Ugonna Omeruo amongst others.
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