End SARS: Rinu under fire for calling Nigeria zoo

There was a firestorm on social media, particularly Twitter on Sunday after one of the champion of the End SARS movement, Oduala Olorunrinu, aka Rinu, called Nigeria a ‘zoo’.

Rinu, who had participated in the protest against police brutality in Nigeria, and was selected as one of the representatives in the judicial panel of enquiry, into the Lekki toll shooting that took place on the 10th of October 2020, said:“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 comes after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, authorized the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to freeze the accounts of 20 #EndSARS promoters with immediate effect.

There have been missed reactions to her tweets. While some agreed with her that the country is worst than a zoo, others result to abusing and calling her names for tagging the ‘Giant of Africa’ a zoo.

“Rinu, U Are Talking About Frozen Bank Accounts When U & Your Cohorts Shud Be Eating White Undone Beans In Kirikiri, If The LASG & The DSS Hadn’t Decided 2 Handle You With Kid Gloves For Inciting The Madness of 20/10/2020. Rinu, Rinu, Rinu God Will Soon Visit U With His Judgement,” an online user @YinkaIsola14 tweeted.

Another user said she is wrong, that a zoo is far better than Nigeria.

“Rinu, you’re very wrong. A zoo is better than Nigeria because in zoo the captors provide food and health care for the animals but in Nigeria, the government takes the little the citizens gather via taxation,” the user tweeted.