Toyin Agbetu still waiting to hear what charges  might be brought against him after expressing his un-abbey-ness to the Queen and Prime Minster.

Charing Cross, London, 25th April 2007.

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Pan-Africanist Toyin Agbetu shot to international fame after confronting the Queen and Prime Minister and other  stately dignitaries in a church service to commemorate two hundred years since Britain outlawed the capture and transportation of Africans for enslavement.

Agbetu was arrested for "breach of the peace" after his action at the service where he made his feelings known in an unscheduled address to the stately audience. He deemed the service a disgrace and an insult to his Ancestors. The service was held up for a number of minutes while the audience watching the live broadcast saw only pictures of the ceiling. in this time, Agbetu expressed his view directly to Queen Elizabeth the second and Prime Minister Tony Blair. He was soon escorted out by security, while also exhorting other African people at the service to walk out. 

With a few exceptions,  the protest has largely been reported as the actions of a lone mad man, but this video shows the support that he has amongst fellow Africanists. Toyin is greeted as a hero by a growing crowd. The nature of the support takes the police by surprise who make an eventual and futile attempt to put down crowd control barriers.

Agbetu shares his views with his supporters before heading into the police station. A number of voices are heard from the supporters before Toyin returns to update them on the charges, or lack of them.

A month after his action on 27th March, it seems the BBC has still not sent the un-televised footage to the police. This would help the Met and Crown Prosecution  Service (CPS) to determine his exact 'crime' and make charges. Unable to do this the law enforcers have to send him away until 30th May 2007, 1pm. Charing X.

On the steps of the police station Toyin responds to a now sizeable crowd that believes he has no case to answer. Agbetu comments on the games being played by the CPS with the arrest and charging situation, and then on the bigger picture involving pressure on African, and in particular Jamaican, young people in Britain.  He urges his supporters to support their young people by instituting rites-of-passage as a necessary part of their growing up and  self-discovery.

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