In a post on her Instagram account, the media personality expressed her dissatisfaction with the individuals who she claimed were attempting to distort the events that unfolded during the dispersal of protesters by the police on Thursday, September 21, 2023, using tear gas.
“We can all agree that every country has its issues and every country’s police have its issues and Nigeria is not exempt. But what I will not agree with you people on is you trying to gaslight me and every other person on what happened yesterday night, trying to change the narrative,” she began.
Tacha criticized those responsible for deviating from the original purpose of the gathering, which was the candlelight service for Mohbad. She scolded them for heading to the Lekki tollgate after the candlelight service, even though the service itself did not take place at the tollgate. Tacha expressed her refusal to accept partial truths from them.
She continued passionately, “Let me ask y’all this, what was the reason everyone left their houses yesterday? For Mohbad’s candlelight procession right? And where did it happen? At the park in VI. Now tell me how did people leave the park for Lekki tollgate? We can all agree that the organisers said ‘You can all go home’, we all saw when the event ended at 8 pm, you saw the celebrities, you saw everyone going but some people decided to pack themselves to Lekki tollgate.”
Tacha commended the Nigerian police for their prompt response and emphasized that the police had repeatedly urged the protesters to vacate the tollgate, to no avail. She continued to chastise those who did not comply with the police’s instructions.
In her own words, “If you want to come out and protest no issue but we did not come out yesterday to protest. If you want to protest, pick a date get the date approved by the government then go out to protest. Stop changing the narrative. You people just want to bring up issues where there are no issues. Kudos to the Nigeria police because I have seen videos of the Nigerian police begging you all to go home but no you people refused.”