Lekki massacre: How did we get here?

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Once again, leadership failed Nigeria massively this past week. Someone said that if you do not know the purpose of a thing, abuse of that thing is inevitable.

A lot of those in leadership positions in Nigeria do not know the purpose of their remit and as a result, they abuse it wantonly. The abuse of the purpose of leadership, stemming from gross incompetence and lack of know-how about modern governance is why the otherwise peaceful #EndSARS protests initiated by concerned Nigerian youths, have been so badly mismanaged, becoming a disgraceful show where the state turned against her own people.

In 2014 or so, Buhari told Nigerians that he had become converted to the principles of democracy. Well, the President just faced the most difficult test of that self-proclaimed conversion and failed woefully! In fact, what Nigerians have witnessed in the past 48 hours brings back memories of the struggle for the restoration of the June 12 election during the Babangida and Abacha military regimes of the 1990s.

If your country’s young population refuses to be persuaded by this move, the President should have addressed the issues directly and not through proxies! This is more so because the protesters made it clear that the major disconnect results from a distrust of government. All the President needed to have done was to come off his high horse to calm frayed nerves by making measurable promises that should reassure the youths.

The failure to understand that leadership and the privilege of power are service to the people is why Nigeria is where it is today. That’s why head of security agencies prioritise loyalty to the President over the country and her people. Of course, this mentality transcends generations of Nigerian leaders, but nothing exemplifies this abuse and misuse of the people’s mandate as Tuesday’s attack on innocent protesters at the Lekki toll gate and a number of other places in and outside Lagos.

 

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FakeNews tell us those massacred. You should have their names now.

Oga, there was no massacre at LEKKI! Stop the fucking fake news being peddled!

BORROW YOURSELVES BRAIN . THERE'S NOTHING LIKE MASSACRE THIS FIRE YOU'RE STOKING WILL CONSUME YOU TOO.

We got here because people like Soyinka, Obasanjo, Tunde Bakare, Adeboye, Mbaka and many more, in their infinite wisdom endorsed and sold a nepotistic tyrant to Nigerians. Even though they knew better, their greed came first.

We got there the president we are unfortunate to have is deaf and blind and dumb and heartless 💔 and unconcern about that pliate of the people because he and his family are doing well

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