#BabaIjesha: Yomi Fabiyi leads protest in Lagos (PHOTOS)

Posted by E.L.E.X on May 13 2021 under Celebrities

Controversial Yoruba actor, Yomi Fabiyi, on Wednesday, led a peaceful protest over the continued detention of his colleague, Olarenwaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha.

Baba Ijesha has been in police detention since April 22 for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor.

Mr Fabiyi, alongside dozens of placard-bearing protesters, took off from Casino Cinema/Rove Park to the Lagos Police Command in Panti-Yaba.

They ended the protest at noon and then converged at the State Criminal Investigation Department where Baba Ijesha is being detained.

The actor told PREMIUM TIMES that they are demanding that Baba Ijesha be released on administrative bail pending when his trial commences.

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Some of their placards bore captions like “It is illegal to use a child as props/bait in an illegal setup, Illegal police detention: Don’t wait until it is done to your relative, brother, sister, or us”.

Other captions read, “Nigerian police must respect human rights and honour bail for all bailable offences; denying bail is a human rights violation; Nigeria police, please allow the law to dictate to you; not Iyabo Ojo, Princess and co” and “Please release Baba Ijesha, say no to set up. Say no to torture. Say no to forceful torture, and (obtaining) statement under duress.”

Speaking with this newspaper after the protests ended, the actor said although his views are largely unpopular, the protest is also to kick against human rights violations.

He said, “This is about human rights, this is about the fact that policing is becoming what we don’t expect it to be. We are growing up to understand that policing is oppression and most of the things that we have seen – police are supposed to be the historian of human rights, they are supposed to enforce and also be the frontiers of human rights.

#BabaIjesha: Yomi Fabiyi leads protest in Lagos (PHOTOS)

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