Don’t beat yourself up because you stood against injustice. That was what you could control.
If the person you stood for lied about it, it is their fault, not yours and they will pay dearly for it; with the worst kind of consequence.
When someone reports sexual assault, the right response is to listen carefully, take them seriously, and ensure their safety.
Nevertheless, taking someone seriously is not the same as declaring someone guilty without proper investigation. True justice requires both compassion and truth.
Conversations around sexual assault allegations should not collapse into two extremes; automatic belief or automatic dismissal. Both are unhelpful, both do harm.
We can support alleged victims and still insist on fair, thorough processes. We can. In fact, we must.
A society that abandons investigation in the rush to take sides will eventually fail everyone. Innocent people can end up being harmed, and real victims will ultimately be undermined.
I hope, for her sake, she was lying and didn’t go through all of that. On that note, I’d rather support a woman who turns out to be a liar than a man who turns out to be a rapist
“I hate cancer so much”
“You don’t hate malaria, it kills so many people daily”
“I am talking about cancer right now”
“Ohh my God, she doesn’t care about millions who have died from malaria”
🤡
“I hate cancer so much”
“You don’t hate malaria, it kills so many people daily”
“I am talking about cancer right now”
“Ohh my God, she doesn’t care about millions who have died from malaria”
🤡
So she lied.
Now suddenly it’s “this is why we don’t believe women” 😂 no be so sha cos...
If she lied, that’s on her. If there’s punishment, let her face it. Nobody is defending that.
But one person lying doesn’t cancel the fact that rape still happens in that country every now and then...
She didn’t even mention a name, yet some of you were fighting ghosts. Defending an invisible “accused” like that was the real injustice or the real issue. Gender war ti baye yin je
Meanwhile actual victims still exist. Their reality didn’t disappear because one girl decided to chase clout.
Two things can be true:
She lied. And sexual assault is still real.
Stop using one bad example to silence everybody else.
Nigeria has enough problems already. Let’s not add selective empathy to it.
Use sense.