Samson Akinola, activist, human rights lawyer and founder of advocacy group Agents of Change (AOC), seems to be following in the footsteps of the late and legendary Nigerian lawyer and activist, Gani Fawehinmi aka “Senior Advocate for the Masses”.

Akinola rose to prominence after a video he made flaying the incompetence of officials at the Nigeria High Commission in London, following an incident earlier this week when a Nigerian smashed up five diplomatic cars parked in front of the High Commission building, allegedly because his passport was not ready when he came to pick it up. Both videos of the damage and Akinola’s response went viral over social media.

Akinola, while not condoning the criminal damage of the vehicles, pledged to support the alleged perpetrator’s defence in court on the grounds of provocation by the Nigeria High Commission.

The activist was a guest on a programme entirely dedicated to the incident on the London channel BEN TV this evening. He said he had been called by 50 Nigerians saying they are willing to join him in court with their own experiences about chronic incompetence by High Commission officials. Akinola also claimed that, before this particular case, about three Nigerians had told him they wanted to vandalise cars at the embassy. He had to appeal to them to stop.

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