Popular humour merchant, Ayo Makun otherwise known as AY Comedian, has lent his voice to speak against the criticism of celebrities since the Lekki onslaught, saying it’s unjust.
The violence against protesters which took place at Lekki Toll Gate exactly a week ago (Tuesday October 20, 2020), had many Nigerians crucifying celebrities in Lagos and A.Y is not having it.
In a recent Instagram post, the ace comedian addressed the issue as an “inappropriate response to the death of our fellow compatroits in the struggle for a better Nigeria”.
He wrote: “Your liking or disliking any celebrity doesn’t count as much as we respect ourselves as human beings. Let’s not make our solutions to the problem be as bad as the problem itself”.
Meanwhile, he had earlier addressed the same issue on Twitter, saying that the people who dragged celebrities for the Lekki Massacre were the same people who dragged them from silence to tweets and from tweets to protest grounds.
According to him, people wonder why celebrities were not among those reported dead.
A.Y’s post is coming a few days after Nollywood actress, Ruth Kadiri addressed people who blamed celebrities for the Lekki Onslaught.
In an Instagram video posted on her page, Kadiri said she has come across a lot of people who are heaping the blame on celebrities who added their voices to the protest against police brutality in Nigeria.
“Somebody somewhere would come out knowing fully well that families have lost their loved ones to call out Celebrities and say why did celebrities not tell people to go home?
“Who do you think we are? Superhumans with superpowers? Celebrities get robbed in case you don’t know. And nobody in 2020 ever expected that the government would shoot at us. Nobody expected it; do you think that if people had anticipated it, they would not advise everybody to go home? Let’s stop,” she wrote.
Written by Praise Shogbade