Thread by @firstladyship

1. It was a faithful night at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos, with conditions that were ripe for disaster. A tragedy that shocked the World. On that penultimate night of the peaceful demonstrative rallies, a Twitter user twitted that the Army were on their way to the tollgate,

2. but innocent Nigerian youths maintained their positions. Armed with just placards & our loud voices, singing the National Anthem at the top of our lungs, we thought that those were symbolic, & they would save us. WE WERE WRONG! This is a very Sad Nigerian Haunting Story.. 💔😭

3. Overwhelmed by pent-up anger & bursting from the inside to be heard, we never imagined that the Armed Forces who are meant to protect us, were out for blood. At around 7:45 PM on 20.10.2020, our comrades stationed on the lookout, spotted the Nigerian Army directly ahead.

4. By the time the Army arrived & opened fire on “unarmed peaceful protesters,” it was already too late. Overcome by the force of numbers & bullets, confusion & chaos ignited. Many youths died, others lived to count their losses. The cross movement of statistics was staggering.

5. After the guns went silent, bodies were gone, disappeared, carried away by the murderous army just like that. Then came the denials & premium gaslighting from agents of the Government. We can’t forget Sega Awosanya, AKA Segalink in a hurry. He is at the center of this story.

6. His ‘Insurrectionists’ dog whistle was the catalyst that started it all. Sega give the Nigerian State the oxygen. SegaLink is steeped in plot & manipulation of public opinion. A horrible man & agent provocateur, uncle Sega has the blood of innocent Nigerian youths in his hands

7. The night of October 20, 2020 was a Fright Night, it was a scene seen only in horror movies. This time? it was Real. There were loud cries for help, there was anguish, blood spill & blood stain all over the paved road. It was a gothic scene, you could feel the cold shivers.

8. It was a violent night when the Innocents were suppressed in the most chaotic & brutal insane manner. By morning, the streets were calm, mop up was launched, curfew & mass arrests began. Lagos went silent. That was how the #EndSARS peaceful rallies died out.

9. Lagos returned to its most perfect of conditions apart from our comrades languishing in jails, & in their hideouts. The State didn’t end their Occupation right there. Now emboldened by ‘The Massacre of Innocents,’ they began to block the bank accounts of protesters.

10. Nigeria offers you misery or death, choose, it matters not to Nigeria. CBN Governor, Czar Godwin Emefiele, went into town hunting down bank account of protesters, he did that almost by fiat. Survivors were taken to nearby hospitals. Mortuaries in the city were filled up.

11. Some dead bodies were thrown into the lagoon. I am absolutely certain that the designers of that infamous carnage are cold-blooded calculated murderers, they shouldn’t have described it as a “Shooting.” It was nothing like that, not by any stretch. It was a Bloody Massacre.

12. It’s been 2 years since the ‘Nigerian Spring.’ A Peaceful Protest championed by Brave Youths was poised to change the fortunes of Nigeria, for good. It was against the Brutality of the Police. The Struggle was peaceful, until it wasn’t. This is a Sad Story, an #EndSARS Story.

13. Two years on, Nigerian Youths are still in pains. Who will hear our cries against something so close to home? What started as a Peaceful Protest against Police Brutality & invigorated our voices for a fortnight, is now an unfinished business, at the 2023 general polls.

14. Our story represents the wonderful ways that underdogs can win. In the beginning, Nigeria never really saw us as any type of threat. That has changed, we are now an army of Formidables. We are ordinary people, doing extraordinary things. This fire in us is unquenchable.

15. But for us to win, it’ll take more than single acts of courage. It’ll take an army of PVCs who will soon get the chance to fight for country & for Glory. My sisters, brothers, let us come together, organize & structure up. We have this very unique opportunity to get it right.

16. #EndSARS is a marathon, not a sprint. On 20.10.2020, the 🇳🇬 Army massacred a whole Generation, my Generation. Two years on, Police Brutality is still with us. Lekki Violent Suppression is an election question. Never forget WHY we fight & WHAT we fight for. #Lekkitollgate ✊🕊

17. Remember our brothers & sisters cut down in their prime by the most brutal Regime to rule Nigeria in recent History. They did that without showing any form of remorse. THERE MUST BE CONSEQUENCES FOR BAD BEHAVIOR.

#Lekkitollgate #LekkiMassacre #EndSARSMemorial #EndSARSProtest