Wednesday 21 October 2020

THERE WAS A COUNTRY...NIGERIA

The Nigerian Flag. White has been turned Red with the blood of its citizens

Where the human resource is so vast the lives of human beings (its citizens) has no value. Where a state governor makes the announcement at 11:49am of an imposed 24-hour curfew starting at 4pm that same day while people are already about their day or peacefully protesting. This is in Lagos, a city notoriously popular for road traffic. I mean Lagos and road traffic are practically synonyms.

They removed the CCTV cameras, turned off the lights, streetlights and billboard adverts, waited for darkness only so the world can't watch them as they commit a democide and massacre their unarmed citizens. Ambulances and private medics prevented entry and access to treat dying victims. They had just one mission- TO MURDER.

We are the same people they cried, begged, cajoled, toured the country, made offerings n countless promises to before being elected as 'leaders'. 

They bully, intimidate, brutalize, oppress, extort n kill us without a 2nd thought. Meanwhile they reform and sponsor foreign education for confirmed terrorists (Boko Haram) who are 'repentant' as though we do not know they are their very own machinery. The irony.



For what do they do all this, you may ask? Its because we ask for a change, because we are tired of surviving, managing and want to live like normal human beings in a civilized country... #ENDSARS

The same youth termed lazy n jobless found the same job and came together to exercise their rights for a better Nigeria. 

What do our leaders do? They cut out the lights and cameras and send the military to shoot down its unarmed citizens. A DEMOCIDE

My heart is heavy, bleeding, i am broken, enraged and can't stop the tears from flowing. How did we even get here??!!! The powerful strip the masses of everything even our voice and hope because we have 'inconvenienced' them. Its almost laughable if it weren't such a tragedy.

How dare we be so bold, so stubborn, so rude, so unapologetic as we challenge them and call on them to perform their duties. 

How dare we not inherit our the silence of our parents n grandparents. What audacity we have.

These airheads we elected who have forgotten they serve the citizens, intoxicated with power, money and their personal agendas and now consider themselves untouchable and immortal. These people who want respect whether real or false, any which ways apart from trying to earn it. 

Their generation waited silently till some got their chance as pawns to get up there n loot a share of the national cake. They live for the applause and photo ops. They can't possibly understand our generation that speaks up and protests without care of position, status, wealth, etc. 

We make our demands made unafraid without giving 2 fucks who gets offended and why should we care about being careful not to offend? Where has that gotten us? 

A country where we generate our own light, water, create our own jobs while fighting the politically-favored system with its inconsistent policies n laws. There's never justice. We hire our own security, pay exorbitant taxes n tariffs for things that don't work, the list is endless. 

They say off your mic, we say Soro Soke! (Speak up). 

How dare we demand better leadership. How dare we rebel/revolt. How dare we want more for ourselves, our children and grandchildren? Who do we think they are? 

WE ARE THE PEOPLE AND WE ARE TIRED. I am physically, emotionally and mentally exhausted.

How can Fela Anikulapo Kuti's songs of decades ago be so apt and relevant in OCTOBER 2020!! (you can start with Sorrow, Tears & Blood, Army Arrangement, Zombie).

It clearly explains why the education system is so terrible and Nigeria's history has long stopped being taught in our schools. They NEED our people to remain in poverty, ignorance and MUST wipe clean all the traces and the memories of generations now and those to come so they cannot know to ask/fight for a better future. Knowledge is power afterall.

Across the country and the world Nigerian youth held peaceful protests in solidarity. We all envision a country that can be so great with its abundant resources and great weather, an actual giant of Africa. But the majority have been forced to flee to civilized countries where human rights n the rule of law is paramount. We are faced with uncertainty, away from family, friends, familiar faces n environments, our culture, deprived of our local foods and have readapt to sometimes harsh weather conditions, new cultures, new languages, new food, racism, etc. all of this in order for us and our generations to come to have a fighting chance. A country where our qualifications get us the job, where justice is served no matter the position or status of the offender, where the taxes and tariffs paid are justified, where there's good education, healthcare and so on. Nothing like 'who you know' before getting any and everything done. 

Wouldn't it be great if we could all up n leave the country for them? Even if it were just to prove a point and make them understand there is no leadership without the citizens... Alas.

Do u know what the governor of Lagos state said regarding this democide? This is not a time to trade blames...It was forces beyond our control... we have suffered no causalities as circulated by social media' Ha! The army deny being involved even with all the evidence at hand, the inspector general of police is mute and the President of Nigeria (commander-in-chief of the armed forces) has said absolutely NOTHING. An ABSOLUTE DISGRACE. Isn't this country a joke, what is the essence of patriotism in this country? At the very least, they should have the chest to own up to the murder they have committed.

No responsibility, No accountability, No shame, No remorse, No repercussion, No Justice. They ride the wave till the news dies down and act as though it never happened. They are their own judge and jury.Every form of opposition or disagreement with them results in the use of excessive force and violence. 

We are not mindless or oblivious, infact we are extremely aware. Nigerians are not a fearful bunch, choosing peace does not mean we cannot be violent but we choose to be better than them and rise from the concrete they bury us under.

How a peaceful protest can degenerate into a Democide- a massacre of unarmed citizen's by its country's army officials-from sponsored hoodlums transported to cause chaos, beat, brutalize, attack and destroy at protests, several killings, impromptu curfews with death penalties.

If it were within their power, they would shut down all the TV & Radio stations (some are already under attack), social media, internet providers and the country's telecommunications network in order to silence us. Our Leaders turned Oppressors.

They intentionally break the spirit of the people, kill us and leave us hopeless all in order to not do their jobs. They should have told us we are back in the military era, that we are at war, in a DICTATORSHIP... Sorrow, tears n blood their regular trademark. 

WE WILL NEVER FORGET. 

OCTOBER 20, 2020. 

LEKKITOLLGATE MASSACRE. DEMOCIDE.

This is not history they can wipe from memory and delete all the evidence. We are a different generation and refuse to be silenced and cower at their inhumanity. 

We will continue this fight and for all to see. After they have killed us all, they can rule the bloody bare land and have all the wealth and power to themselves.


They are on a rampage with a thirst for blood across the country shooting and killing citizens even as i put up this post. Just search up the Hashtag #ENDSARS #ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY #ENDSWAT . 

Anyone who justifies this pre-meditated murders and democide is a BEAST.

There was a country... NIGERIA. 

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