Nigerians who use Twitter have connected the three top END SARS activists to the former vice president Atiku Abubakar. The three top activist are Modupe Odele, Rinu Oduala and Mr Macaroni have all had some traced that led to former president.
The three are among prominent figures at the forefront of the #EndSARS protest aimed at ending police brutality and excesses of operatives of the now-disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS).
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Taking it to Twitter on Sunday a user who has been tracking the trio shared screenshots of past tweets made by these activists and can see that they were showing their support or interest for Atiku.
He also accompanied his posts with terse comments wherein he questioned the credibility of the activists who claim to be championing the course for good governance in the country.
In one of the tweets, Rinu, one of the youth representatives on the Lagos state judicial panel of enquiry into police brutality, openly campaigned for the former vice-president.
“I still believe in Atiku. #Atikulated. AsoRock by May 2019,” she had written in the now-deleted tweet.
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Soro… Soke…. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/lQ18Rbpuuv
— David Abdulrazak Atta (@the_davidatta) November 8, 2020
In another tweet, Mr Macaroni, a social media comedian, was not only applauding Atiku but he also asked if he could send his account number to the president candidate.
“Fantanbulous! Your excellency, sir, I am thinking that I should send my account number. So you can freaky it up. #Youaredoingwell,” he had replied to a tweet by Atiku in February this year.
Apply… Pressure…. 😒 pic.twitter.com/mNcCB4neTy
— David Abdulrazak Atta (@the_davidatta) November 8, 2020
In the same vein, Odele, a member of the Feminist Coalition, whose passport was seized by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), also appeared to be rooting for Atiku in a 2014 tweet.
“Atiku’s campaign managers, I will like to meet them,” she had written.
Saw this too … pic.twitter.com/Cr9B2dDcx9
— Abdul-aziz Mu’azu (@mabziz) November 8, 2020