Sanwo-Olu suspends planned peace walk

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has shelved the proposed peace walk billed for this month.

He had invited some #EndSARS activists to a peace walk for “the healing of Lagos”.

The governor had said: “In December, I will be leading a walk for peace to herald the healing of our land.

“Let me use this occasion to extend an open invitation to our youths, members of the diplomatic corps, civil society groups, students and the media as well as other stakeholders to join me.”

Students of the Lagos State University, clerics, other groups promised to join the peace walk.

But in a statement on Thursday, Sanwo-Olu said the walk has been suspended due to the emerging COVID-19 variants, especially Omicron.

He said, “Since my last address to you, the good people of Lagos State on Tuesday 30, November 2021, during which I expressed a desire to lead a Walk for Peace, following the outcome of the work of the Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters, I have been inundated with deep expressions of solidarity from various groups and people declaring their readiness to join me on the symbolic walk.