When Nigerians were massacred for wanting a better Nigeria, Babatunde Fashola chose to be on the side of the oppressors. Consequently, his political career vaporised, and the rest is history.
Future generations must never forget October 20, 2020, when brave Nigerians proudly waved the Nigerian flag while protesting injustice and corruption, paying for their courage with their lives.
Many who once screamed against this injustice have now joined the very APC government that killed its own youth. They traded principle for access , but history will never forget, and neither will we.
#EndSARS
It was a fateful night at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State, with conditions that were ripe for disaster. A tragedy that shook the world.
On that penultimate night of the peaceful demonstrative rallies, a Twitter user tweeted that the army was on its way to the tollgate.
But innocent Nigerian youths maintained their positions. Armed with just placards & our loud voices, & singing the National Anthem at the top of our lungs, we thought those were symbolic & would save us. WE WERE WRONG!
This is a very sad Nigerian haunting story; the scars are far from over. Overwhelmed by pent-up anger & bursting from the inside to be heard, we never imagined that the armed forces who are meant to protect us were out for blood.
At around 7:45 p.m. on 20 October 2020, our comrades stationed on the lookout spotted the Nigerian Army directly ahead. By the time the army arrived & opened fire on unarmed peaceful protesters, it was already too late!
Overcome by the force of numbers & bullets, confusion & chaos ignited. Many youths died; others lived to count the losses. The cross movement of statistics of the horror were staggering. And when the sound of the gun died down, the army took the dead bodies with them
The Nigerian Army are guilty of genocide. It took almost six years for morgues & coroner’s reports to come forward with the truth
And when Bola Tinubu was finally asked to comment on the massacre, he said, “How are they there? Why were they there? What kind of characters were they?” He showed no sign of remorse for the children gunned down in their prime. He carried on as if nothing happened!
But the CNN captured everything. Governor Babajide Sanwolu of Lagos would later confirm that children actually died at the tollgate.
“Why are you killing us?” A CNN investigation exposed what really happened at the Lekki tollgate, casting doubt on the Nigerian government’s official false narrative.
EndSARS is a marathon, not a sprint……..
Someday, somehow, & in some ways, our comrades will get the justice they deserve. Victory at last & closure for the families.
An end to trepidation & moral turpitude.
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#EndSARS
6 Years Later! We are still dealing with Insecurity, hunger, poverty, lack of proper health care and the highest level of corruption and impunity. The saddest part is that we are even more divided as a people at a time when we should be most united.
I hope one day we truly realize the power that we have as citizens and stop allowing a few selfish individuals destroy the success and prosperity of the majority of us.
Till then, ✌🏾 and 🤍
A gathering marking the sixth anniversary of the #EndSARS protests at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos was reportedly disrupted by tear gas on Tuesday, with governorship candidates of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) among those present.
6 years on 🕊️
We will never ever forget our true heroes.
Your immeasurable sacrifice remains a landmark moment in our story.
Before the guns went off, we witnessed real selflessness and patriotism in moments when we abandoned our personal differences for one common goal.
I hope that we can find our way back there someday. 🙏🏽
If you and I were on the same side of #EndSARS six years back and today, you are campaigning for the people who murdered young people who were protesting for a chance to survive, you are no longer a person to me.
No matter how close we were, the moment you cross that divide, you are now my enemy and I will treat you accordingly on G!