By Akinrimisi Olusola( IT Student, RUGIPO)
Rights activists, including Lagos natives from the De Renaissance Patriots Foundation, Omoyele Sowore, and Aisha Yesufu, have criticized the use of the Oro festival to halt the planned national protest on August 1. They described this move as a huge joke and insisted that the protest would proceed as planned.
The Oro festival has been trending on X (formerly Twitter) after a pro-Lagos social media page announced that the festival would take place during the planned nationwide protests from August 1 to 15, 2024.
Omoyele Sowore wrote on his X page that the Oro festival in Lagos is now allegedly scheduled for the first two weeks of August, coinciding with the planned protests by the youths.
Aisha Yesufu Jibrilla (@ukocarter) reacted on her X page, stating, The prestigious Oro Festival is now a political tool. Y’all now understand why they tried to ban ‘Gangs of Lagos’ because it exposed them.
