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THREAD: We have been working on Nigeria since 1967; But 2017 & 2018 are different. On March 20, 2017 a group of ‘sponsored’ protesters barricaded our office & asked us to quit Nigeria within 24 hours:
From 20-23 March 2017, the protesters kept mobilizing what appeared to be hired crowds from outskirts of Abuja to sustain a siege at our office:
Throughout days of the protests, always there was an end of the day moment of sharing money at Unity Fountain:
In May this year, ahead of launch of our report “They Betrayed Us” - on rape, starvation & detention of women in satellite camps in Borno state, protesters again barricaded our office:
Again these protesters too were caught on video; fighting while sharing money meant as payment for those who participated in the protest:
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My dear young ones, if there is ONLY one thing you ever LEARN from me let it be this:
Be a person of Truth and Consistency.
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