Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ex-Governor of Osun State, Bisi Akande, has claimed that the 2020 #EndSARS protests were strategically designed to bring an end to President Bola Tinubu’s political influence.
Speaking on a podcast, Akande alleged that the Obidient movement—supporters of 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi—was behind the protest, orchestrating it “from America.”
He stated:
“#EndSARS was aimed to be the end of Tinubu. Yes, #EndSARS was designed to be the end of Tinubu. Those behind it knew exactly what they were doing. What do you call them? The Obidients were behind the EndSARS movement.”
Akande further claimed that significant funding for the protest came from the United States and that it was later repurposed into a political movement.
When asked if the Obidients' involvement directly linked the protest to Peter Obi, he responded:
“Maybe Obi’s party, I don’t know. Maybe Obi’s movement, I don’t know. But the Obidients were behind EndSARS. It was well planned, organized, with a lot of money from America.”
On why Tinubu didn’t anticipate the alleged plot, Akande remarked:
“Not every ambush is detected.”