Nigerian Disc Jokey Obianuju Catherine Udeh popularly known as DJ Switch has pleaded with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the Lekki shooting on 20th of October, 2020.
The popular Disk Jockey has been in the limelight since she live streamed the October 20th, 2020 shooting of peaceful protesters by security agents at the Lekki Toll Plaza.
Addressing the office of Fatou Bensouda, the ICC’s prosecutor, in a virtual event on Thursday — in the wake of the court’s resolve to carry out a preliminary inquiry into the alleged crimes committed during the #EndSARS protests, DJ Switch has now pleaded with them to begin the probe.
Speaking to the ICC, Switch said;
“#EndSARS is a movement against police brutality, which has since become a much bigger movement against bad governance. The reason is simple. From President Muhammadu Buhari downwards, they are all SARS. This is a government that would rather silence and kill its citizens rather than be guided by their concerns and cries; hide COVID-19 palliatives, that were donated, rather than feed its people.
“One that would rather spend quality time with his cows rather than address its citizens. The same government chose to inject rogue elements into peaceful protests rather than protect its people. Yet it chose to cuddle terrorists.
“It is the same government that froze the accounts of protesters and seized passports but cannot seem to trace the accounts that sponsor terrorism. It states in the constitution that the security and welfare of the Nigerian people is the primary purpose of the government, but on the 20th of October 2020, the Nigerian Army sanctioned by the government stormed the Lekki tollgate in the first wave of assault. There was no warning, just guns blazing.
“We were forced to have a crash course on medical procedures, attempting to extract a bullet from the leg of a protester until one ambulance came from the back. So, please tell me, what then was their intention if not to kill us? At this point, we had counted 15 bodies. A few hours later came the second wave of us of assault by the Nigerian police with the same modus operandi, killing and injuring those of us left at the tollgate.
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“The same police also shot at us the next morning. This is just one incident. There is Obigbo. There is Nkpor. There is Zabamari and more. The Nigerian authorities under the poor, corrupt, and misguided leadership of President Buhari down to his cohorts: Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu, General Tukur Buratai, Brigadier Taiwo, FO. Omata, Lai Mohammed, and many more have all tried severally to deny these events while contradicting themselves.”
Watch the Video Below:
DJ Switch begs ICC to probe Lekki Shooting pic.twitter.com/EggOcQKCOg
— Emeka Franklin (@osmekmedia) December 17, 2020
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