Former Osun State Governor Bisi Akande has claimed that the 2020 EndSARS protest, which significantly disrupted Nigeria’s economy, was a deliberate plot to undermine President Bola Tinubu.
In an interview on State Affairs with Edmund Obilo, published on YouTube on Wednesday, Akande alleged that the protest was orchestrated by the Obidient movement and funded from the United States.
He further stated that the movement’s ultimate goal was to thwart Tinubu’s presidential aspirations, describing the EndSARS campaign as a well-funded operation with international backing.
He said, “EndSARS was designed to be the end of Tinubu. Those behind the protest know that that was what they were doing.
“The Obidients were behind EndSARS; it was manufactured in America and brought in just to stop him.
“They came from America to do the EndSARS and later became a movement to form a party but they can’t form a party. It was well planned and organized with a lot of money from America”.