₦airaland Forum

Rahkman:
Omoluabis we are not know for this .... why are we destroying our land..? Why are we attacking our institutions? The people that are encouraging us to do this ... are not destroying their land or attacking their institutions.. but are cheering us on ...we are known for our diplomacy peace and sophiscation so why are we doing this to ourselves.... i am weeping now

See this one. What's happening in Lagos is happening everywhere. Have you heard about Benin? Is edo part of omoluabi? What of Abuja Kaduna, South East? I don't know your age. In 1993, it was like this before babangida gave up. It all started in lagos. When lagos coughs, the entire country would catch cold. That's it. We pray it stops and our youths embrace dialogue. Our youths have been peaceful. Those hoodlums aren't among those peacefully protesting. They're the government tools. They used them to disperse peaceful protesters. Their leaders and sponsors should call them to order so they could stop attacking peaceful protesters

madridguy:


The Lagos State Government has matter of urgency should call their thugs in order. Their thugs that killed peaceful protesters, vandalized people's properties are out there again burning people's houses.

They're protesting because according to them, they've not been for dispersing the peaceful protesters after loading them inside BRT buses

Basicend:
Do you see these youths as carrying anything meaningful for the future?

The future is built through productive and rational minds, not destructive.

How can you carry what has already been destroyed?

Education...destroyed,
Healthcare-destroyed,
Economy-destroyed,

Tell me what's left. Ordinary headache they've jetted out on tax payers money yo the UK. None of their children is schooling in our universities. How would they feel the heat?

I still believe in dialogue, it's inexhaustible. 2 minutes of Buhari's appearance would have meant a lot. He doesn't seem to care. This isn't democracy

madridguy:
Visa ban or cancelation is the only language Buhari and his killer squad will understand right now.

That's if it has not been applied already

gaius01:
Arrrrrrrh

Please for the safety of lives, avoid protest now. Life is essentially don't goan get ya self
killed because of protest. The death of our past leaders have never change anything until now. Is it your death that will change anything?

Remember even you die today, the hustle for justice, good government, EndSars, etc still continue. Be wise!!!!

Modify

Am not standing against the protest if it's a peaceful one. But the protest is turning into chaos and lots of live are been killed on a daily basis, which is not suppose to.

Na person wey get life dey protest. !!!!


I will advise, we withdraw for a little since our lives are under threat.

Does it sound to you that these boys care? You don't preach to those who are ready to die. Its a waste of time. What I had always advised was dialogue, dialogue and dialogue even in the face of provocation, dialogue is key but instead, they applied force.

majamajic:
This is what should have stopped with 3 mins address if we truly have a president, but instead he was watching , he should continue watching

You've said it all. Visit to the scene and addressing them even if it's 2 minutes of his time would have helped stem the tide.

Bola146:
Dear Lord!!!! People should please stop destroying things please.

After they have finished destroying the future of youths? Have you ever been to Benin Republic before and see how comfortable they are in spite of being a poor country? I don't want to talk of south Africa, our fellow African country cos you fit faint and never cone back to life again if you visit there.

You know what happens when you put fire inside a honeybees house? That's what's happening now. They should have applied dialogue all through, instead of killing them. I hope NPA wouldn't be invaded today as threatened by the youths . That would be the end of Nigeria because NPA gives us more revenue than Oil. Egungun don finally enter highway. Who go com commot am for there , we no know.

Village people has prevailed over this one, except he had no family would he not face justice. Tinubu and co., don use this one

my people don sign oo. Abeg make una take am easy, so far you don't go the violent route, your voice would be heard.

Those tanks are much more needed in Borno and and the entire 19 Northern states, including restive yobe, than in the peaceful South, my opinion

NGpatriot:
Why do you think your evil curse and rubbish mean anything to me? Do you progress in life by raining curses on people?

Speak and act like a decent human being.

Why are you attacking me as if I was the one who cursed you? Have you smoked something cheap this morning?

NGpatriot:
At the minimum educating you per the meaning of massacre.

Now I know why that guy was raining a curse on you which got you scared. If what you said was true, you don't have to be afraid. Continue in deceit. Radarada

NGpatriot:
1. I totally feel bad for the wounded and the folks responsible for the unfortunate incident should be apprehended and prosecuted.

2. Nigerians need to stop acting like ignorant and illiterate people, we need to stop blowing things out of proportions, it's just sad how even educated adults and even the usual political opportunist and vultures ran to twitter to shout and yell massacre when in fact what transpired was not any kind of massacre. How many people died and how many were slaughtered? NONE.

3. We know the unusuals suspects, the anti Nigerian elements and evil political forces are hoping and praying that things roll out of control and they are using horrible and inflammable words to further their evil agenda, but Nigeria is not breaking up, this is a democracy so if grabbing political power is your goal, take your votes to the ballot boxes and stop acting like lawless hoodlums and illiterates.

See this one. SMH . I wonder what you want to achieve with this post.

He's an arsonist.

Difrent:
damage control ke, where is the damage?
even you yourself know this thing has gone out of control of the endsars movement promoters and has been hijacked from them

i told people the government doesnt need to even send the military, they will simply turn the youths against themselves.......beleive me the government tactics will work, heres how. the protesters are now in 3 broad categories

Peaceful protesters
armed cultists disguised as protesters
Thugs

the last two will hijack the protest from the peaceful protesters.

The last 2 you mentioned were the instruments used by the govt from time immemorial, same way they're being used in elections to hijack ballot boxes. They always have them handy. They first brought them in 3 BRT buses( you know who controls BRT) to disrupt their peaceful protests but it didn't yield results though they attacked the protesters and left. The 2 category of youths you mentioned were those used by the govt to cause chaos to make people believe those peaceful protesters had gone violent. Google is free, search and you'd find where some of those thugs confessed they were sent by the govt. No armed policeman or prisons warders would have allowed such barbaric acts to have taken place if the govt wasn't in support. Looking at them from afar with heavy guns would have sent a strong message to would-be arsonists. It doesn't cost govt anyrhing to build the stations they sent their thugs to raze down. Its still our money they'd spend.

Vaughanlanrewaj:
Thank you but like I said, 13 days is enough suffering for the law abiding citizens.
They are being asked to stay at home now without means and this is after trekking home for days.
Those people are the real victims of both the complacent government and the protesters without exit strategy.
Either way, it is bad but we want peace now.
The genuine protesters have made a valid and loud point and we support them.
Those we don't support are posters like this OP spreading falsehood so that they can bring down and sabotage Nigeria.
Those burning banks and setting condemned criminals free are not protesters.
In Lagos, we want peace.

Burning of banks and setting ablaze police stations are the strategies of the government. Believe them at your peril. At first they loaded thugs in 3 BRT buses to attack peaceful protesters, despite making clear their demands and the fact that they're not attacking government and their agencies. No single shop was looted, they bought food for themselves and conducted themselves peacefully. These thugs left after having a field day and the same govt who sent them quickly came out to deny it. Who owns the 3 BRT buses in which the thugs came, the peaceful protesters?

Have you ever wondered why unarmed thugs would enter a station and prison yard, set criminals free and the heavily armed prisons warders and police would be watching without using their weapons? The government could do anything silly. They did this after the ineffective thugs attack, to make people believe those peaceful protesters have gone violent, then invite the military to take over. The more they try to do this, the more they expose themselves. We also want peace because we don't have another country. But this approach of government is not the antidote. It would rather escalate the matter. Fear anyone who says he or she is ready to die. There's nothing you could do to persuade that person. The govt started with dialogue so, they ought to have continued in this manner. This is democracy

Difrent:
the millitary have no duty in a peaceful protest, NONE AT ALL, once the police couldnt control a violent protest, the millitary steps in......whatever made a curfew to be declared is NO LONGER PEACEFUL.....the millitary are only carrying out their constitutional duty which is to ACT IN AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES

The same govt knows where to direct their armoury and not at peaceful protesters who don't hold guns. They sponsored thugs to first attack peaceful protesters but this failed. They now went and hired thugs to burn down stations to make people believe the protests have become violent so they could use that means to have their way. People aren't stupid. Same govt would swiftly come out to deny their evil deed. Have you ever wondered how possible is it for unarmed people to just invade prison yards and police stations to set inmates and offenders free without the knowledge of the govt and the armed police and warders would be watching without doing anything? Can you just arrange for 3 BRT buses owned by the state govt in partnership with NURTW to load thugs to the scene of protest without the govt and the NURTW knowing about it? I guess you're one of them doing damage control on the social media. Continue

I just wonder if all these hide and seek game of our politicians would stop this protest. You sent thugs to attack peaceful protesters in govt-owned buses and same you would quickly come to the media to deny it. People aren't foolish. Guys are ready to die. Even without any protest, many are willingly committing suicide. I expected the government to have persistently sent reps to meet with the youths, identifying with them and keep reassuring them they'd yield to their demands. That's the tenets of democracy in a sane clime. Ours is a youthful population so, it would be difficult for less than 45% of the populace to overpower over 65% populace who are mainly youths. Our politicians are partial and greedy. We serve them even after voting them in power, instead of them serving us.

Vaughanlanrewaj:
Just before you believe this OP, please check his past posts promoting secession in Nigeria.
If our moderators are not doing their job on this platform, they will eventually have no Nairaland someday.
No country will sit idle and watch people promote falsehood with serious security implications and do nothing about it.
They are the same people who hijacked the protest.

Cc Myndd44
Seun
Lalastica
There is growing security concern about the recklessness going on here on Nairaland. They are using nairaland to promote a completely different agenda and they don't care if many properties gets destroyed or many get killed by their antics.
Stop enabling them.

Are you out of your mind? When the government does the opposite, we praise them. When they attack us, we also won't keep quiet, you morron

Iamgrey5:
They had Curfew

The protesters were warned.

And who told you the military didn't tell them to turn off the cctv camera before launching the assault?

The protesters were warned but were they armed? What's the duty of military in a peaceful protest? Police ought to have surrounded and protected them instead.
This is democracy. Yesterday, 10 commercial busses were intercepted in borno by boko haram and all passengers were kidnapped and marched into the forest. That's where the milirary should be and not attacking the unarmed and peaceful protesters. Those sponsored thugs by govt burning stations to deliberately give protesters a bad name ought to have been gone after and not the lekki protesters.

Iamgrey5:
Tinubu is not the Commander in chief

Just as Sanwo Olu doesn't control the military, Wike even said Governors have no true control of police in the state.

But they could turn off the cctv which they installed, they could turn off the street light which the state installed. Or were those installations made by the military or federal govt? Who knows where to turn off what...the military or state govt? Are you absolving these guys? Please clarify now

Waw. See Nigerian youths challenge our leaders. Egungun don enter express. Whoever is close to sanwoolu, buhari, tinubu, etc should just advise them not to address the youths in public at the moment for the sake of their lives. This is barbaric.

Godchosen001:
Effect of Voting Buhari, una eyes don clear now? We warned you not to vote for this people but you didn't listened to us.. Bring down the zoo

Lool. Their eyes neva clear. He will never shoot at arewa youths protesting against insecurity, 10 commercial buses were intercepted by boko boys yesterday in borno and all the passengers kidnapped. He wouldn't send same military there to rescue them. This is very bad. Southern politicians should be blamed for all these nonesense

These people don sign oo

May God bless our generation. Imagine...in spite of the terror unleashed on the protesters, they still engaged the hoodlums peacefully, even cracking jokes with them. E no go beta for all those wey destroy this country, both dead and alive

sbaks:
I laugh in Swahili

Me too...Kikikikikikikikiki

Now you guys are talking
Please don't also forget to cut your budget by half. Nigeria is bleeding seriously in the hands of less than 500 people who earn more than their counterparts globally in a country termed the world headquarters of poverty. We are coming for you people

blazepascal:
sanwo olu never see anything this is just the begining

Not the beginning, but a preamble. Not only in lagos but nationwide. I like the way arewa youths are protesting against insecurity. Na their own version of end sars protest be dat. Today- today, boko haram intercepted 10 buses loaded with passengers and kidnapped them in borno. It's in the news. Let them keep sending thugs, they'd be tired.

Draydd:
You don't have a state governor?

Do you have one and in which areas have you and people around you benefited from his leadership or governance?

Draydd:
I hope your leaders won't shoot you guys

Are they not being shot already? That was the greatest mistake any govt could make in a youthful population like ours

LudaChriz:
Lalasticlala we need the attention of our military in Bornu and not on peaceful protesters

they've lost focus. Yeye govt