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Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by malali(op):
To the Honorable Ambassador of the United States in Nigeria,
Richard M. Mills, Jr.
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria
U.S. Embassy And Consulate.


This letter is a passionate call from a concerned citizen and global observer, urgently requesting your intervention in what is rapidly descending into a dangerous pattern of repression, intimidation, and the systematic erosion of civil liberties in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Over the past months, there has been a disturbing escalation in the abuse of state power, most recently exemplified by the arrest and unlawful detention of the Nigerian social commentator known popularly as “Very Dark Man.” His only “crime” is holding the government accountable through civic engagement—a right enshrined in any functioning democracy and one that the Nigerian Constitution itself guarantees.

It is with deep concern that I bring to your attention the alleged collusion between Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank)—a private sector institution, elements of the Nigerian Police Force and EFCC acting under what can only be described as a gestapo-like culture of political intimidation. Such weaponization of financial institutions and state security agencies to silence critics of government policy should raise alarms within every embassy and rights-centered organization operating in this region.


Further compounding this abuse is the growing number of reports implicating the President’s son in the hiring of thugs to attack citizens who publicly criticize the administration. These events have been largely dismissed by state-sponsored media mouthpieces and government apologists as fabrications. However, the volume and consistency of these accounts are too grave and too numerous to ignore—especially for an administration only two years into its tenure.

We Nigerians are no strangers to tyranny. We’ve bled for our freedoms. We’ve faced live rounds to protest corruption and maladministration, and we will do it again if it comes to that. But it should not come to that.


Our request is simple, but urgent:
• Immediate release of all political prisoners and unlawfully detained activists;
• Termination of EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede, who has turned the commission into a political hit squad for the presidency;
• An international human rights observatory team should be mobilized to independently investigate these growing abuses;
• A formal warning or sanctions framework should be issued to the Nigerian government if these human rights violations continue unchecked.


The Nigerian government must be reminded that dissent is not treason. A true democracy not only tolerates criticism—it thrives on it.

The United States has long championed global human rights. If ever there was a time to demonstrate that commitment, it is now.


Yours sincerely,

Malali
A Concerned Citizen of the Global Democratic Order



Cc:
• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Watch
• United Nations Human Rights Council
• International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
• The Carter Center
• African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• European Union External Action Human Rights Office
• International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague
• U.S. State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

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Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by malali(op): 11:21am On May 04, 2025
Nigeria belongs to all of us, the earlier these politicians are called to order, the better they will start treating every citizen in the country. Nobody owns anybody, Bola Tinubu, Seyi Tinubu, Akapbio, Egbetokun all have 1 vote each.

We need to nip this government terrorism in the bud.....we cannot be dealing with Boko haram terrorists and also be running from government terrorists.


Tinubu should call his Nazi police to order....If not we will write to all newspapers in the world and tell them what we are really experiencing in Nigeria.

If the government wants to play games with our fundamental human rights, we will show them we are the coach of that game.
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by Dopeboy8701(m): 11:24am On May 04, 2025
Who send u message
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by sreamsense: 11:33am On May 04, 2025
malali:
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What is this your 3D rubbish? When the likes of VDM and Sowore misbehaved, they will be looking for jobless people like you to protest on their behalf. If you have farm to go or market to go, you will not have time like this to waste. If you like copy UN, ECOWAS and world bank. Many of these internet generation are just misbehaving thinking it is the right ways of earning human dignity. VDM and Sowore that are troublesome individual always looking for cheap popularity through being defiant or involving in troublesome acts to gain popularity from jobless youths like this op that sees them as heroes.

They don't know how to resolve minor issues amicably until they turn themselves to public embarrassment. Only jobless lazy youths like you that Buhari pointed out will even write a single sentence on their behalf as a form of protest. Tomorrow is Monday, you better indicate interest so I can find you cocoa farm plantation to work from early in the morning till late in the evening so you won't remember to constitute nonsense in the name of senseless protest anymore
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by malali(op): 11:36am On May 04, 2025
sreamsense:
What is this your 3D rubbish? When the likes of VDM and Sowore misbehaved, they will be looking for jobless people like you to protest on their behalf. If you have farm to go or market to go, you will not have time like this to waste. If you like copy UN, ECOWAS and world bank. Many of these internet generation are just misbehaving thinking it is the right ways of earning human dignity. VDM and Sowore that suppose are troublesome individual always looking for cheap popularity through being defiant or involving in troublesome acts to gain popularity from jobless youths like this op that sees them as heroes.

They don't know how to resolve minor issues amicably until they turn themselves to public embarrassment. Only jobless lazy youths like you that Buhari pointed out will even write a single sentence on their behalf as a form of protest. Tomorrow is Monday, you better indicate interest so I can find you cocoa farm plantation to work from early in the morning till late in the evening so you won't remember to constitute nonsense in the name of senseless protest anymore

Thank you for commenting, your comments are appreciated.
Please note, the greatest democracies in the world were built on defiance.
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by Commentor: 11:36am On May 04, 2025
America that is posting people to El Salvador?

grin
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by helinues: 11:38am On May 04, 2025
Ask the op what's the allegations against VDM and see him scratching his head.

Why are some of you just too emotional like this.

What if the allegations against VDM is true? Have you heard from GTB regarding the issue?
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by Morbeta11(m): 11:40am On May 04, 2025
Joblessness....
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by Asonaijaaso: 11:45am On May 04, 2025
helinues:
Ask the op what's the allegations against VDM and see him scratching his head.

Why are some of you just too emotional like this.

What if the allegations against VDM is true? Have you heard from GTB regarding the issue?
There are numerous allegations made against you as well.
But yet you are freed to continue working for the government on forum like Nairaland.
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by helinues: 11:46am On May 04, 2025
Asonaijaaso:
There are numerous allegations made against you as well.
But yet you are freed to continue working for the government on forum like Nairaland.
Name single one of them

Btw, I hate being on thread which the op has blocked me. I ain't gonna respond to any mentions again on this thread. I wasn't blocked at the time of making my comments but the op's thread is hidden

Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by Asonaijaaso: 11:47am On May 04, 2025
helinues:
Name single one of them
Whether you actually use your brain.
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by sreamsense: 11:48am On May 04, 2025
malali:

Thank you for commenting, your comments are appreciated.
Please note, the greatest democracies in the world were built on defiance.
If the greatest democracy is built on defiance, then leave the security authorized alone to treat their defiance. What is the work of jobless youths like you to protest on their behalf especially for people like VDM and Sowore that are known serial troublesome people individual looking for trouble to survive and gain popularity from wayward youths that see them as heroes?

People like VDM and Sowore that will soon get themselves into another troubles as they are free from one is whom you are wasting your time over. Let them bring their children and wives from abroad to lead the protest everytime they violate rules or entangle themselves in another trouble instead of you wasting your time protesting on their behalf. They are simply teaching youths to become wayward and irresponsible like them when they grow up. They day police get time for them, they will see black cloth afar they will run thinking it was police uniform
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by MaiDeribe: 12:06pm On May 04, 2025
sreamsense:
If the greatest democracy is built on defiance, then leave the security authorized alone to treat their defiance. What is the work of jobless youths like you to protest on their behalf especially for people like VDM and Sowore that are known serial troublesome people individual looking for trouble to survive and gain popularity from wayward youths that see them as heroes?

People like VDM and Sowore that will soon get themselves into another troubles as they are free from one is whom you are wasting your time over. Let them bring their children and wives from abroad to lead the protest everytime they violate rules or entangle themselves in another trouble instead of you wasting your time protesting on their behalf. They are simply teaching youths to become wayward and irresponsible like them when they grow up. They day police get time for them, they will see black cloth afar they will run thinking it was police uniform
I am not jobeless. Thank you.
Sowore is one of the greatest Nigerians alive, its an honor for us to be alive at the same time with someone like Omoyele Sowore. You should be ashamed of yourself to criticize Omoyele Sowore.
Holding politicians accountable is not "looking for trouble" they serve on our mandate. The governments are killing youths with hunger and poverty and you are worried about waywardness and irresponsibility.
We have faced Abacha's and Babangida's bullets and we are alive today. Tell Tinubu we are not scared of him.
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by Stephen0mozzy: 12:12pm On May 04, 2025
While I understand the motivation for all this una uproar and stuff....

.... People who stand up while everyone else cowers in cowardice are usually worshipped and seen as infallible - one VDM has been arrested under unknown circumstances (offence).... since you all believe in his work, why has more VDM not arise? VDM is an idea that embodies what the rest of us are too afraid to stand up for.

We're now masking our cowardice with social media noise.


For the last time, can you guys educate yourself about what SOVEREIGNTY means? USA has no right to directly intervene in the affairs of another sovereign state - unless through espionage.
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by malali(op): 12:18pm On May 04, 2025
Stephen0mozzy:
While I understand the motivation for all this una uproar and stuff....

.... People who stand up while everyone else cowers in cowardice are usually worshipped and seen as infallible - one VDM has been arrested under unknown circumstances (offence).... since you all believe in his work, why has more VDM not arise? VDM is an idea that embodies what the rest of us are too afraid to stand up for.

We're now masking our cowardice with social media noise.


For the last time, can you guys educate yourself about what SOVEREIGNTY means? USA has no right to directly intervene in the affairs of another sovereign state - unless through espionage.

If you beat your wife like a madman everyday and you are at the point of killing her. As sovereign as your house and marriage might be. Your neighbors might have to intervene. The world is a global village.The world cannot keep giving Tinubu loans and accord him professional courtesy if he maltreats Nigerians.

You don't really understand how it works. Nigerian citizens put together have more power than Bola Tinubu as the president of Nigeria. The world has changed.
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by Sharpsharp00123: 12:21pm On May 04, 2025
MaiDeribe:
I am not jobeless. Thank you.
Sowore is one of the greatest Nigerians alive, its an honor for us to be alive at the same time with someone like Omoyele Sowore. You should be ashamed of yourself to criticize Omoyele Sowore.
Holding politicians accountable is not "looking for trouble" they serve on our mandate. The governments are killing youths with hunger and poverty and you are worried about waywardness and irresponsibility.
We have faced Abacha's and Babangida's bullets and we are alive today. Tell Tinubu we are not scared of him.
I can bet u are igbo n d only reason u support sowore is because he's against tinubu

We know u Igbos more than u know yourselves
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by sreamsense: 12:23pm On May 04, 2025
MaiDeribe:
I am not jobeless. Thank you.
Sowore is one of the greatest Nigerians alive, its an honor for us to be alive at the same time with someone like Omoyele Sowore. You should be ashamed of yourself to criticize Omoyele Sowore.
Holding politicians accountable is not "looking for trouble" they serve on our mandate. The governments are killing youths with hunger and poverty and you are worried about waywardness and irresponsibility.
We have faced Abacha's and Babangida's bullets and we are alive today. Tell Tinubu we are not scared of him.
Since it is the only bullet you came to face in life, then ; no sensible humans should join you and Sowore. It has become your habitual duties based on your history during Abacha and Babangida. So that is the sole reason the likes of you are constituting nonsense by embarking on senseless protest to widen your profile. Sowore is fighting for you, and his political selfish intrinsic desire to show his frustration after serial presidential defeats. No sensible one should join any protest organized by someone whose mission and vision why he came to this world is to take bullets at different régimes. How many solutions have his previous protest solved and achieved? Did he prevent Abacha and Babangida or Buhari from finishing their tenures or get their retirement benefits? Waste of valuable time!
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by malali(op): 12:33pm On May 04, 2025
Sharpsharp00123:
I can bet u are igbo n d only reason u support sowore is because he's against tinubu

We know u Igbos more than u know yourselves
I am not Igbo, unfortunately. This your tribal attempt to justify mediocrity in government is very appalling.
In case you dont know Omoyele Sowore fought and stopped cultism in University of Lagos.
He was young, he was skinny and the cultists threatened to kill him, but he went against the most dreaded cults members and he won.

Nigerian government has been fighting boko haram for over 20 years, we have spent over 10 billion dollars.
And they have nothing to show for it, instead Boko Haram makes mockery of the government.


Nobody is against Tinubu. But he has said he can do the Job. We are yet to see him actually do what he promised.
I respect Sowore 1 million times more than Tinubu. If you care to know.
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by malali(op): 12:37pm On May 04, 2025
sreamsense:
Since it is the only bullet you came to face in life, then ; no sensible humans should join you and Sowore. It has become your habitual duties based on your history during Abacha and Babangida. So that is the sole reason the likes of you are constituting nonsense by embarking on senseless protest to widen your profile. Sowore is fighting for you, and his political selfish intrinsic desire to show his frustration after serial presidential defeats. No sensible one should join any protest organized by someone whose mission and vision why he came to this world is to take bullets at different régimes. How many solutions have his previous protest solved and achieved? Did he prevent Abacha and Babangida or Buhari from finishing their tenures or get their retirement benefits? Waste of valuable time!

We have chosen to stand up against tyranny, maladministration,looting,corruption,overreach of power.You should remain as subservient as you want to be, rob your children and grandchildren of a better Nigeria. We didn't get this far with your type, neither do we need you for the journey to making Nigeria great. Please don't let the door hit you on your way out.
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by anonimi: 1:55pm On May 04, 2025
Commentor:
America that is posting people to El Salvador?

grin
Has it stopped America from helping democracy around the world huh
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by Zooposki(f):
I already moved my 4500 naira from GTB this morning.
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by sreamsense: 2:03pm On May 04, 2025
malali:

We have chosen to stand up against tyranny, maladministration,looting,corruption,overreach of power.You should remain as subservient as you want to be, rob your children and grandchildren of a better Nigeria. We didn't get this far with your type, neither do we need you for the journey to making Nigeria great. Please don't let the door hit you on your way out.
To know you are all serious, just carry all your family members and theirs that are based in abroad to come home and protest since it is your habitual duties to take bullets at every régime. And if any of you take that bullet, I owe nobody "RIP" since it is what you choose as a mission. Don't waste lifes of our youths on senseless protest because many of them were not even born during Abacha and Babangida you claimed to have been reigning and taking bullets.

None of your previous protests had ever solved any problem, your only achievement is to waste our youths on accidental discharge and get them killed for nothing while the instigators are being sponsored and collect money secretly as well as hide their own children abroad.

None of your protest as never solved any corruption or maladministration as you pointed since Abacha era and it has never stopped any ex-presidents or head of state from getting their retirement benefits. The only thing you have achieved so far is wasting many youths for any senseless protest. Let your family member and their wear same cloths and lead every protest.

Wait for those your children and their that are not in Nigeria to fly back to Nigeria to lead protest. Enough of wasting life of our youths on senseless protest that keeps yielding only pain
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by anonimi: 2:03pm On May 04, 2025
Morbeta11:
Joblessness....
Yeah, the type of joblessness that made William Wilberforce advocate for slavery abolition, even though powerful people including the British monarchy were involved. If he was not jobless, where would we japa to, since we don’t want to fix our own country?

BTW, does anyone know why Yekini Amoda Ogunlere chose Tinubu instead of Mogaji, the name of his supposed mother huh

anonimi:
The often cited biography titled Madame Tinubu: Merchant and King-maker, authored by Nigerian historian Oladipo Yemitan, paints her views regarding slave trading.

On one occasion, during her final sojourn in Abeokuta, she was alleged to have sold a young boy into slavery and was accused of it. When arraigned before Ogundipe Alatise over the matter, she reportedly explained: 'I have a large house-hold and I must feed them well. I need money to do that, that's why'.

— Oladipo. Yemitan, 'Madame Tinubu: Merchant and King-maker'

Another section of Yemitan's Tinubu biography, referred to as the Amadie-Ojo Affair, captures a slave trading deal gone sour in 1853 (notably after the 1852 Treaty abolishing slavery in Lagos) wherein Tinubu tells another slave trader (Domingo Martinez) that "she would rather drown the slaves [20 in number] than sell them at a discount".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efunroye_Tinubu
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by anonimi:
Zooposki:
I already moved my 4500 naira from GTB this morning.
Way to go.
Money matters and it’s best to hit people where it hurts most.
Well done!!!
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by malali(op): 2:12pm On May 04, 2025
sreamsense:
To know you are all serious, just carry all your family members and theirs that are based in abroad to come home and protest since it is your habitual duties to take bullets at every régime. And if any of you take that bullet, I owe nobody "RIP" since it is what you choose as a mission. Don't waste lifes of our youths on senseless protest because many of them were not even born during Abacha and Babangida you claimed to have been reigning and taking bullets.
We will do it, I pray you are around to see it. Keep your delusional negativity to yourself. Thanks for the concern.
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by Gandollar(f): 2:24pm On May 04, 2025
Sharpsharp00123:
I can bet u are igbo n d only reason u support sowore is because he's against tinubu

We know u Igbos more than u know yourselves
Most of you have never left your comfort zones, that's why anyone speaking out about injustice and governments maladministration is Igbo to you all.

And you know what?

It's actually a good thing!
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by Commentor: 2:26pm On May 04, 2025
anonimi:
Has it stopped America from helping democracy around the world huh
They should help themselves first.

Isn't that what y'all have been echoing?
grin
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by ednut1(m): 2:36pm On May 04, 2025
U guys say you dislike neo colonialism and the west should not interfere in our business. But at every given moment you go cry out to them like slave 😂🤣
Re: Nigeria’s Tyranny Is Back: Gtbank & Police Target Critics — U.S. Must Act Now! by ednut1(m): 2:37pm On May 04, 2025
Zooposki:
I already moved my 4500 naira from GTB this morning.
any you paid transfer charges. Na u be mugu lol
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