One year after the #EndSARS protests that saw tens of Nigerians killed, there is fear across the country as youths have vowed to commemorate the anniversary, today, with the Police in Lagos and Osun states declaring there would be no street protest.
Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu have reacted to the #EndSARS remembrance, In her words;
“It is one year since Nigeria killed her own. The Nigerian youths were killed by those who should have protected them.
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“The government of Nigeria has gotten away with this atrocity because the citizens are silent. And what the citizens failed to understand is that as long as there is no justice in Nigeria, there can never be peace.
“When we keep quiet and do nothing, it seems that we have given the atrocity the permission to come to our door steps. Lots of people think, it is not their business, but I say, it is everybody’s business.
“Today, police brutality has continued. They have leaned on the fact that the government is keen on ensuring the citizens don’t come out to make demands that they should be allowed to live. That is not acceptable.
“Nigerians must understand that we are citizens, we are not slaves. And in this country, we have the rights as every other person to be protected and that protection should happen. Keeping quiet is not an option; we have to be active citizens. Nigerians need more active citizens than activists.
“Making demands for the right thing to be done, for good governance, accountability, security of lives and properties is a responsibility of every citizen and that has to be done.
“The youths of Nigeria came out to protest and they protested peacefully but the State unleashed havoc on them.
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“The question we should ask is that, why is it that after one year, no justice has been made and we cannot continue to look the other way while the citizens are been affected. Nobody is safe in Nigeria. The fact that we do nothing, we give the government the opportunity to continue to make the country ungovernable and that is what we continue to happen.
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