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“Sai Baba!” “Sai Baba !!” Young people chanted in the street while campaigning for Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 thinking that they had met their political Moses who would give them a better life; a change from the miserable they were used to. Little did they know they were campaigning for a political Lucifer, who would deliver nothing but death and more suffering at their doorstep.
On the anniversary of Nigeria’s independence in October 2020, young Nigerians, seeing that the country was no better since the white oppressors left their land sixty years ago, dared to stand up to their black oppressors – the Nigerian government. Many young people in different parts of the country, including vocal women and men, from Millennials to Generation Z, demanded an end to the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Nigerian Police Force, while calling for an end to the bad government.
With sheer determination, both from protesters online and on the ground, the movement gradually gained the attention of the world and, more so, of the Nigerian government.
The protest was harshly received by the Buhari-led government, as the administration reluctantly disbanded the SARS unit and immediately replaced it with a unit labeled SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics), which was made up of the same police officers. corrupt and callous that the young men had been. protesting against. The government also sabotaged the donation link, run by the Feminist Coalition, which Nigerians and supporters had been using to donate funds to support the protest, and also hired thugs to disrupt several peaceful demonstrations.
However, on October 20th, 2020, something more blatant happened. Something that no Sai Baba activist could have foreseen: Buhari and his cohorts premeditated the execution of young Nigerians.
As the bravest among Nigerian youth continued to exercise their democratic right, the #EndSars protest, on one of the most famous and peaceful terrain: the Lekki tollbooth, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State and member of Buhari – led the administration, ordered a curfew in the state. The governor, who was aware that the inhabitants of Lagos were suffering from severe traffic, announced a curfew at 12 noon starting at 4:00 in the afternoon of the same day.
In the same period, the lights at the Lekki tollbooth, a place that had never known darkness and had become a home where many protesters exercised their civil right to protest, made new friends, raised their banners, banners and flags when they asked for a better tomorrow – suddenly it went out.
So as the youths raised their voices to the sky, singing the national anthem patriotically as day parted with night, the army, under the care of Commander-in-Chief Muhammadu Buhari, opened fire on the patriotic, gallant and peaceful protesters, murdering countless young people and wounding many more.
At approximately the same time, around 7:00 p.m., when the bullets pierced the young Nigerian’s flesh and the fire from the semi-automatic weapons sparked in the gloomy cloud, the state governor announced that the curfew had been revised. . It will enter into force from 9:00 p.m.
With the #LekkiMassacre murder already carried out, the security agents operating in the state of Lagos carried out even more #LagosMassacre. They fired bullets at the residents of Lagos in their streets and, once, security agents were caught on camera shaking hands as the bodies fell to the ground.
Buhari, brazen in the murder of Nigerian youth, offered no apologies or explanations, rather his speech, delivered on the night of Thursday, October 22.North Dakota, 2020, directed veiled threats and warnings to young people if they dared to protest again, an action that is their constitutional right. His deputy, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, did not offer explanations either, simply pretending that the killings were of natural causes.
From east to west, south and north of Nigeria, the land is drenched with the blood of innocent Nigerians through death championed by the Buhari-led administration and perpetuated by hired government thugs, police, military and officials. of security. This also includes the deaths caused by terrorist groups that Buhari and members of his administrations have refused to stop.
When Nigerians decided to give Buhari a chance to become president in 2015, little did they know that they were empowering an indifferent bloodthirsty scarecrow who would be responsible for his death, the death of his loved ones and who would not just deny himself. acknowledge their humanity, but threaten to hurt them more.
Beyond the assassination that has become the highlight of the Buhari administration are the lies. One of the many lies told was by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who lied on live television that there were no fatalities at the #LekkiMassacre despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Another was recounted by the Nigerian military, who called the news that the military was involved in #LekkiMassacre false, despite thousands of witnesses and pictorial evidence. In addition, Defense spokesman Major General John Enenche further lied that the #LekkiMassacre never happened, instead the overwhelming video evidence was “retouched.”
More lies were told. Humanitarian Affairs Minister Hajia Farroq Sadiya, another member of the Buahri-led administration, lied saying that hardly anyone in Nigeria has not received COVID-19 palliatives. In truth, millions of Nigerians never received palliatives. Some of the food intended for the masses and that should have been distributed in May 2020 was discovered in October 2020, where it was hidden in a warehouse located in an area in Lagos state, popularly called the Monkey Village.
The Buhari administration promised an end to corruption. This could not be further from the truth. Wads of dollars were discovered at the premises of the Oba de Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, allegedly hidden in a coffin.
However, the biggest lie that was told was when Buhari promised “Change”, he promised to reduce the price of fuel, money for unemployed citizens, 24 hour electricity, security and many more.
In bloody testimony from his administration, Buhari wept to become Nigerian president just to lead a team that lies, ignores and murders Nigerians.
Simbiat Bakare is a communications expert. Book Author: Love in Hell, Simbiat’s creative contents have been published in Malimbe Magazine, Ekocity Magazine, The Nation, Virtue Digest, The Ready Writers, Kobo, Amazon, Sons of Issachar Concepts among others. In addition to being a writer, Simbiat is a feminist. He loves to travel and read works of fiction by intellectual writers. She can be contacted by email at: [email protected]
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