This!!! 📌
Sometimes when you share your testimonies/Wins on social media,it’s not because you can’t choose to be private or you’re being insecure.
It’s very ok to show God off,brag about Him and let people
glorify God’s name through you.
Many Nigerians don't respect you until they think you have money. Was at the bank to complain about a 15k POS dispute, & the customer rep spoke to me like i was there to beg until she also saw my Dom account.
We need to do better as a people cos everyone deserves respect.
#mrmacaronii presence yesterday saved lives . Many arrested protesters would have disappeared or got treated a million times worse if not for the presence of a well known public figure . Believe it or not but it’s the truth #EndSARS#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria
@SavvyRinu Dear Rinu
I want to commend you for your Courage
I want to commend you for not be swayed
I want to commend you for your tenacity
I want to commend you for speaking only the truth
I want to commend you for charting the course amidst glaring oppositions
May History be kind to u
I fear for myself, my family, and my friends; for my future but so did the young people whose blood taints the Lekki Tollgate. It is from them I draw inspiration to continue my fight.
May we all see the Nigeria we deserve.
#EndSARS
For anyone tired of hearing me demand better for my country: the only way to convince me to back down is to do your part to make Nigeria work. I will be doing mine, in the communities where it matters, with the tools at my disposal.
I hope to spend the next few months reconnecting with these people, documenting their stories, and empowering the children and family of the deceased SARS victims who are not alive to fulfil their dreams.
Some have lost their loved ones, many permanently disabled for life due to torture or bullet effects while others forever scarred from encounters with the Nigerian law enforcement agencies who are supposed to protect us.
I have held the govt accountable even my life is threatened, & will continue to do so. There are trolls at every level that must be countered with facts and victims that are affected by the actions of this govt, even if they don’t have the words to articulate their suffering.
I might be one woman, but there is so much I can do, outside of this cycle of hand wringing and lies, and I refuse to be manipulated into gaslighting the people and attaching my name to a rubberstamped and foregone conclusion.
When calls for justice are subsumed by commercial concerns and vested interests, it calls into question the legitimacy and integrity of the entire affair & the impartiality of the proceedings.
Without a final panel report or actionable steps, we are returning to the status quo.
We must not forget the purpose of this panel: to address injustice and create accountability for the SARS brutality and for the heinous events on 20th October 2020.
and on whose mandates the panels were set up.
Coupled with the undue intimidation of peaceful protesters, the cyber attacks accounts loyal to the government, and many more,
But at the end of the day, parties on the panel voted to reopen the toll, citing lost jobs as more important than justice for lost lives through a proceeding that didn’t form a proper quorum without the reps who represent the youth constituency that birthed the idea of the panel,
I did not expect piecemeal acknowledgements and efforts to sabotage vital proceedings.
On 6th February 2021, we were ambushed with votes to reopen the toll gates. I participated because I do not believe in silence. It is clear where my loyalties lie.
and recognise that our collective will is more powerful than any institution.
However, partial wins are not enough for me.
I decided to join this fight because I wanted the government to recognise its failures and work to overhaul its security institutions.
This is further than we have ever come as a nation, and while this same rigour is not been applied to the case of the Lekki Toll shootings, we can at least celebrate the wins that our brothers and sisters can finally claim in their fight for justice,