I haven't been on twitter today - but someone brought a few of my old tweets to my attention and I can't not address it.
14 years ago, I was 23, so I was definitely not a child. I'm not here to make excuses because I don't have anything to make excuses for. What I can't let anyone do is twist my story to fit false narratives.
In 2012, I lived and helped out at my mom's daycare while I was hustling my music. I tweeted everything that happened in my life, as we all did at the time. Kids can be mischievous. If a child did something I found funny, I tweeted about it. Kids are cute and lovable. I want to hug, kiss and cuddle them. I tweet about it. Nothing I tweeted was from perversion.
I was not famous, so maybe if I was, I would have understood that anything is open to whatever interpretation including being used falsely by a faceless mob. I've never been depraved in my life. You can retweet all the tweets in the world about me loudly crushing on people I admire/d. Or being a cheeky young woman. I wasn't trying to hide it, because I don't have anything to hide.
My team has been deleting some of my tweets because of how sensitive it is for my family. To be honest, I did not want to. I have always spoken against rape and sexual assault even before you knew I existed. It's not a costume I'm wearing, it's who I am. I've never claimed to be perfect. I've never claimed to know everything. I said stop raping women. I stand by it.
FCT WATER BOARD
Isn’t the torture enough, the whole of December the water supply in Gwarinpa was poor, it’s a new year and we haven’t had a drop of water. Life is already hard, water is a necessity, in a month we don’t get up to 7 days of supply cumulatively. @fctwb
@dammiedammie35 The publicity this clout chasers are getting from big handles, it'd be easy to assume they pay for it. There's no way everything isn't intentional. From the clout chaser, the show host and the big handles promoting them. Make all of una gettat.
I’m not ashamed to admit I desire a life partner. That’s something extremely important to me. Yes I’m fine on my own and yes I love myself. Operating in self love doesn’t mean you can’t be in a relationship while evolving. We never stop growing we’d be waiting forever for love.
Seeing my people suffer like this is heartbreaking 💔😢 right now #CongoIsBleeding we all need to continue to make awareness & do what we can to help, praying for my brothers and sisters #Congo#Nigeria#Africa#EndSARS
Lekki Toll Gate must NEVER be a spot for the collection of money ever again forever.
Out of respect for the dead,
Lagos State must now close that Toll and a befitting memorial should be placed there as an eternal reminder of the genocide and sacrilege that happened last night.
The President @MBuhari left his country and traveled to the US without addressing the situation on ground, despite the clamor of its youths to #EndSARS . We have gotten your message Mr President, and this is just the beginning of the protests. #BlackTuesdayNigeria#LekkiGenocide
Lagos turned off the lights & removed cameras. Military showed up & opened fire on peaceful protesters. Today the Army denies it, the Governor says it was "forces beyond our direct control", the IG & Security Chiefs still have jobs, and the President is silent. What a disgrace.
We have no anthem.
We have no pledge.
We have no independence.
We will create a new song, say prayers like our pledge and then we'd fight for our independence.
Years from now, we'll write about the victory. The whole truth. Nothing shall be hidden. We will win!
This was the purest and most well intentioned protest in the history of Nigeria. There was no political agenda. Our only demand was our right to life. Our right to live in peace without fear of Police Brutality. There was a country. #EndSARS
When you remember what happened today, recall this image. Let it manifest. A photograph of us at our most hopeful. Or are you not in this crowd? Is that not your face? Your dreams of living absent fear? And always remember what those who could make your dreams true, did instead.