Thread by @GbengaWemimo

I moved out of Ikosi-Ketu, Lagos, joyfully on June 12, 2020
The day I moved was the happiest day of my life up to that point
(So many greater things have happened since then)
It was in the middle of the COVID 19 lockdown
Ketu is a den of hoodlums, cultists and heartless thieves

The government does not need to sponsor hoodlums in Lagos, those guys are sons of anarchy!
Cult clashes and lynchings are daily occurrences
During elections Ketu is a hot spot, during the festive season, Ketu is a boiling ring, during a protest KETU Is a volcano
On so many nights

Myself and my wife would lie awake praying as hoodlums will break into houses and rob people silly! My car was stolen on Ademola Taiwo street, I was also robbed several times on that street. A thief once came into the house, carried away my laptops and phones and when I called

Phone, he picked the call and said “You guys were sleeping so soundly...You work too hard and then the hold up will wear you out, why won’t you be tired? I have taken my own share of your properties, see you later”
I moved out of Ademola Taiwo to Oluyombo in 2012. I would have

Left Ketu entirely but my wife’s office and the children’s school were in Ketu and I was scared of the incessant traffic on the highway. We found a house with better security but it didn’t change anything! There was no week when hoodlums wouldn’t have a candle light service for

One of them who died in active duty.
The cult clashes were a big deal too! A lot of families lost their loved ones to the fight between “Emperor’s cult group and Procanor’s cult group”
The way hoodlums think baffles me
Very unreasonable and basic, like lizards! Smoke hemp, drink

And act as if you are entitled to everything while having nothing!
There is no way they would sit out the protest, no way!
They caused so much mayhem during the lockdown that I practically had to leave that area much earlier than planned because I know hunger would drive them to

Do anything out of desperation
When I saw police stations burning and the carnage on the street, I just nodded!
It is to be expected
They do not understand “Peaceful” protest
They are children of wrath!
Their involvement would definitely alter the cause of any movement!
They are

Like rabid dogs taken on a hunt!
Their lack of training can endanger the hunter!
The situation in the North is a little different
We all know that there are certain liberties a western oriented value system tolerates
Other value systems simply can’t afford the same liberties!

I m tweeting this far away from Ketu, the air is clean and fresh unlike the putrid smell that covers the atmosphere from that huge dump site in Ojota like a blanket all the way to Ketu. I am in the midst of nature and I can safely say I won’t keep a vigil tonight unless I choose

to pray for Nigeria.

Why did I write this?

Nigeria is not the West! So many layers of reality!
Next time you protest let it be quick and effective
When it lingers the hoodlums will join because they want to pick pockets, maim, rob, kill and destroy!
The transport people will

Join because you have blocked the roads and they cannot work
A lot of people who are not on twitter will join
They will take advantage of the breakdown of the system to do crime because that is who they are!

Then the dog will get a bad name and it shall be put down!

Ciao