Pascal Oparada
Bolatito Rinu Oduala, popularly known as Rinu and a prominent member of the #EndSARS campaign has come under fire for calling Nigeria a zoo.
Rinu, who is a member of the Lagos Panel on Police Brutality was lamenting the freezing of his account by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
“It’s almost 3 months that CBN froze the bank accounts of 20 #EndSARS protesters for no single reason.
“Don’t let anyone deceive you that this country isn’t a zoo.”
Her tweet infuriated many who said she can’t call Nigeria names.
Rinu was a prominent person in the #EndSARS protests that rocked Nigeria in October 2020. She galvanised her over 200,000 followers on Twitter to come out and protest police brutality, extortion and extrajudicial killings by the disbanded notorious police unit known as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
In November, the federal government, through the Central Bank of Nigeria, ordered that the bank accounts of over 20 promoters of #EndSARS be frozen for their roles in the protest.
