The presidency was in high spirits after the #RevolutionNow protest across Nigeria this week, and it showed in the press statement it issued.

A feeling of triumphalism swept through the presidency on the night of August 5, 2019, after it quelled the #RevolutionNow protest spearheaded by a group called the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria.

One of the lead conveners of the protest, publisher of online news platform and former presidential candidate,Omoyele Sowore, was picked up by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS)a day before the street marches and remains in the custody of the secret service.

Presidency spokesperson,Garba Shehu,issued a statement afterwards, gloating about how poorly attended the revolution protest was across the country, even though the organisers had boasted beforehand that it was going to bring the federal government to its knees and possibly sack it.

We take a look at the presidency’s statement in five different ways

1..The ‘revolution’ was derisively called a ‘phantom’ one Phantom is another way of saying something is fake or doesn’t exist. Here’s what the presidency said of the protest:“Today, millions of Nigerians went about their businesses: work, seeking employment, attending school/college and caring for their families. By doing so, the millions defended our country’s hard won democratic rights – by ignoring calls on social media to join a phantom ‘revolution’”.

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