Nigerian Police Now Investigating Leader Of #EndSARS Movement

The Nigerian police are now investigating the lead campaigner of the #EndSARS Movement, Segun Awosanya, a spokesperson has said.
Mr. Awosanya, a lead campaigner in the citizen-led #EndSARS initiative, was accused of hobnobbing with politicians in some of his pictures that police have seen online.

Nigerian police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood in a chat with Premium Times, said;

“When you see someone like that who regularly mingles with politicians now leading a campaign to scrap a critical department in the police, then you know his activities are not genuine,”

Mr. Moshood emailed a picture which Mr. Awosanya took with Speaker Yakubu Dogara and another one he took at a business forum as indicative of his political ties.
But he said the police was not accusing the Speaker of sponsoring Mr. Awosanya and other #EndSARS campaigners.
Awosanya told Premium Times he took the picture with Dogara when his team submitted a petition for the scrapping of SARS to the Speaker in September.
Moshood said the police respect the rights of Nigerians to express themselves online or offline, but that would not stop officers from investigating mischievous elements who cloak their agenda with popular causes.
“Our investigation does not mean we’re trying to infringe on peoples’ rights, but the quarters where some of the claims are coming from and those leading them should be looked into,” Moshood said