Rapper MI Abaga calls #EndSars movement 'a monumental moment in Nigerian history' in op-ed on Aljazeera

The rapper and activist made his ideas identified throughout and op-ed for the Qatari state-owned information channel, Aljazeera.

Based on him, the occasions that adopted earlier than and after the #EndSars protest throughout the nation, particularly the shooting at the Lekki toll gate opened his eyes and that of many Nigerians.

“The previous few weeks, nevertheless, have opened my eyes. Fortunately, tens of millions of different younger folks really feel the identical. The catalyst would be the pandemic – folks have been locked up so lengthy that their anger has lastly boiled over,” he wrote.

The rapper additionally said in his piece how years of brutality, highhandedness, and overzealousness of the Particular Anti Theft Squad (SARS) a unit within the Nigeria Police Power, despatched tens of millions of Nigerian youths, to the streets to protest.

“Since early October, Nigerians – largely of their 20s and 30s – have taken to the streets to voice their anger over police brutality, corruption and the incompetence of the ruling elite. The demonstrations have been first triggered by anger on the Particular Anti-Theft Squad, higher often called SARS. It is a department of the police infamous for its observe document of human rights abuses: kidnappings, extortion, harassment and killings,” he wrote.

After days of protests throughout the nation, the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, by way of the Inspector General of Police scrapped SARS. Nevertheless, the protesters weren’t deterred as they demanded a complete reform of the police.

In his article, the award-winning rapper said that the #EndSars protest despatched a transparent and severe message to the federal government who have not been receptive because the motion started.

“For us protesters, it’s clear that we’re preventing in opposition to a authorities that’s keen to kill you after which blame you to your personal dying. The authorities are intent on creating chaos as a pretext to accentuate their crackdown. One politician has even tried to whip up ethnic hatred – suggesting that the demonstrations are the South attempting to plan a coup,” he added.

There isn’t any going again for each Nigerian that got here out to lend their voices or protest, say Abaga as a brand new political motion has been birthed.

“It is a monumental second in Nigerian historical past. That is the second the place earlier generations of Nigerians have been on the cusp of change, however determined to sit down again, fearing a violent backlash, or that there have been not sufficient of them. I perceive it, however we’re able to push on. Sooner or later, there needs to be a technology that takes a stand. A technology that claims: “We’re not going to cease, even if you happen to kill us.”

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