Nollywood actress and producer Funke Akindele has lent her support to the ongoing #EndSARS protest in Nigeria by funding data subscriptions for protesters.
The protest, which has been on for over a week now; is a call to the Nigerian government to put an end to police brutality in the country. The citizens accuse the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the police unit of extorting, harassment, abuse of human rights, extrajudicial killings and abuse of power.
In a bid to play her part, Akindele took to microblogging platform Twitter to ask how she can go about the distribution of recharge cards for data subscriptions to some of the protesters.
Twitter has been a major social media platform employed by the youths to communicate their grievances; as well as organise the protests that have spread from just Nigeria to other parts of the world.
Asides also helping some of the protesters with data subscriptions, Funke Akindele also sent money to some of her fans.
According to Akindele, “now is not the time to stay silent and the youths must overcome”. Her donations have led fans to trend #AuntyFunke on Twitter.
Last week, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, granted state pardon to Akindele and her husband, JJC; following their conviction of violating COVID-19 restriction rules some months back.