Thread by @HisKnowledgeabl

The #EndSARS Movt ain't at war with @HQNigerianArmy nor @PoliceNG.

The ongoing battle for the soul of Nigeria is between the oppressed Nigerian citizens and their oppressors (Nigeria's elites).

With #LekkiMassacre, if we fail to beat these oppressors now, the future is bleak.

Henceforth, #EndSARS Movement should adopt the below as the full meaning of SARS:

S= SPECIAL
A= ARMED
R= ROBBERY
S= SQUAD

Until #WeThePeople rid our dear nation, #Nigeria of this Special Armed Robbery Squad (SARS) in high & low places, #NoGoingBack.

Let the battle begin now...

While #EndSARS Movement must continue to call for the arrest & prosecution of soldiers who carried out the #LekkiMassacre; other prior killings of innocent Nigerian citizens by rogues in uniforms, all eyes must be on the balls.

This Movt. must not be morphed into arms struggle.

WAY FORWARD

After over two weeks of protests to #EndSARS & #EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeria, over 90million Nigerian Youths at home & in the Diaspora have been able to send a Red Flag across Nigeria's political firmament, and beyond, that this generation musn't be taken for a ride.

Going forward, the #EndSARS - END SPECIAL ARMED ROBBERY SQUAD in Nigeria's high & low places of government must:

1. Create for itself a sophisticated website for information dissemination.
2. Appoint visible or a faceless (guerrilla) spokesperson to sign its press statements.

At this auspicious moment in the battle for the soul of Nigeria, the #EndSARS Movement musn't continue to 've too many chiefs & not enough Indians. A visible or faceless (guerrilla) spokesperson to set the records straight, across global, local & social media is needed now. E.g👇

The urgency for a visible or faceless (guerrilla) spokesperson is owing to events of the past 2 weeks, misreported by several local & global media orgs.

If the media can't quote any credible source for #EndSARS Movt, they may rely on what the oppressors dished out to them.

3. Me thinks (might not be the consensus opinion), that rogues within @PoliceNG, as well as other security agencies, have gotten the SPECIAL MESSAGE from Nigerian Youths, the last two weeks.

It is high time the #EndSARS Movt morphed this ongoing cause to the next level.

4. Monthly, do-nothing @NGRSenate members earn N29m ($76,315) in bogus salaries & allowances. 2017, TI- @anticorruption says Anambra Gov, paid himself N17b ($44.736m) in security votes. Govs retire to bogus benefits. A country where an average worker earns N30,000 ($78) monthly?

Annually, @NigeriaGov (FG), @NGFSecretariat (State Govts), as well as their Ministries, Departments, Agencies & Parastatals, repeat line items in their Budgets, running into Millions & Billions of Naira. A country where an average @PoliceNG man earns N43,293 ($113) monthly?

The #EndSARS Movement came at the nick of time. Here is a country where:

- Public Offices are abused.
- Electoral Processes at all levels are compromised, fraught with violence, irregularities and interference by security agencies, particularly, @PoliceNG & @HQNigerianArmy.

A country where average Nigerians encounter corruption:

- When they go to hospitals
- When they come in contact with @PoliceNG & other security agencies, such as @CustomsNG, @FRSCNigeria, etc, on roadways, at their stations/offices.

- When Nigerian students are seeking admissions into public tertiary institutions nationwide, they encounter corruption. Placements into these institutions are barely based on merits, but on who you know and how much you have in your pockets.

- When Nigerians go to process international passports, at passport offices nationwide, they encounter corruption perpetrated by @nigimmigration officials and touts.

- When Nigerians go to process their drivers licenses, they encounter corruption perpetrated by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps @FRSCNigeria and touts.

- There is steep corruption in Project Biddings/Execution, across national, states & local govt levels. 

- There is steep corruption in job placements across public offices. Average Nigerian graduates from our tertiary institutions can't get jobs in @NNPCgroup, @cenbank, etc.

A statement sent to @vanguardngrnews, by Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI), said Nigerian economy lost more than N700b, the last 2 weeks.

Similarly, @MobilePunch reported that @followlasg lost at least N234m to closure of Lekki tollgates. #EndSARS has been successful.

NEXT LEVEL

Howbeit, because most ordinary Nigerians across States worst hit by #EndSARS protest against #PoliceBrutalityInNigeria are still struggling to recover from the economic strangulation of the March 29, 2020 #COVID19 Lockdown, I suggest the Movement leaves the roadways.

Morphing the #EndSARS Movement to the next level, it is time #WeThePeople took the battle for the soul of Nigeria to the gates of the oppressors of the Nigerian people.

Going forward, let all roads lead to the National Assembly- @nassnigeria.

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