LIBYA & IRAQ MANY MISTAKES AND THE NIGERIAN OPPORTUNITIES.

Let me take us, #EndSARS protesters down memory lane; 20th October 2011, Ghadafi's regime came to an end as he was killed in Sirte, Libya.

The people danced & celebrated his fall! An end to an oppression or so they thought. For five (5) years, many militia groups fought for control of Sirte, it eventually fell to ISIS who held it until August 2016 when government recaptured it.

From Ghadafi's fall till today, more than 60% of those who celebrated the fall & death of Ghadafi's have died either in conflict or from starvation. Some have been raped, maimed or in jail. Those alive are wishing they never rose against Ghadafi's by proxy destroying their country.

Saddam Hussein was killed on 30th December, 2006 in Kadhimiya district of Baghdad, Iraq. People danced & celebrated! The revolution had worked but over 500 people have died in Kadhimiya alone!

Imagine 500 people dead in Kubwa alone! Meanwhile thousands more all over Iraq. January 5th 2012, bombs went of in Kadhimiya, 59 dead, scores wounded. February 23rd another 60 killed 18 wounded. All the lies, the western powers told them, they wished they had not listened!

All the support promised, all they see is weapons sent to destroy themselves. The Nigerian Police took us for a ride for too long. I am praying a nationwide probe begins so the world will see the extent of damage they did; extrajudicial killings, torture, extortion, intimidation etc.

It was only a matter of time before the people say enough is enough & that is what has happened with the protests. While on it, we should be careful that #EndSARS doesn't morph into something that will consume us all.

Among the protesters, there are genuine ones, people hoping that by jumping on the bandwagon, they can resurrect their dead careers, clout addicts who will do anything for social media fame, con-men/women who have seen this as an avenue to make money, those who lost elections/access to government so see this as an opportunity to attack & finally the west/foreign groups who covertly/overtly destroy countries for their own agenda.

All these groups coming together can be volatile for any country but before you allow yourself to be used to bring pain to your
doorstep think; if you hate Buhari, Atiku ,Tinubu, note that before the place goes up in smoke they & their family will be on the next flight out of the country!

It is a good thing to see the elite, celebs who aren't directly affected by Police brutality lend their voices to the masses but if DON JAZZY ,
davido, burnaboy are egging you on, telling you 'we no go gree', insisting you do not pause for a second & see demands met, don't forget that none of them is worth less than a billion Naira.

They all have one leg in Nigeria & the other in some exotic country. One phone call & a helicopter will land on the roofs of their houses, take them to an airstrip where a private jet is waiting to jet them out. You think its far fetched? During the lock-down, the airspace was shut down all over the world but we saw most of them jetting in & out of different countries.

So when they push you to say we no go gree, ask if they will standby as the country burns. Some are already overseas but sending you money, egging you on from the comfort of another mans country. When these happens all you will be left with it are photos you took with them during the protests & your homes in rubble (God forbid) while they will be in a yacht somewhere in the Caribbean with girls twerking on their laps.

So far, these protests are unprecedented! Fire has been sent down the bodies of both the police & those who should control them! This is the time strategize! Do not create enemies among fellow masses who you are fighting for or fighting with by making lives difficult for them by shutting down roads, thereby affecting peoples livelihoods.

Do not allow some people to use you for personal/political scores! Do not allow people use you to tear your country apart cos in the end, many of them will abandon ship when it begins to sink.

Think, strategize & win or you burn it down allowing the enemy win.

Then pause for a bit & allow things to begin to work. Protesting indefinitely, without a plan/strategy means crashing the entire country including you & yours! The insults can begin.

© Chief Ojukwu

Those countries were never democracy but dictators. They were fighting for democracy.
We have it already,what we want are reforms.
Not sowore and the likes with hidden motive.
If you dont like buhari wait till 2023,get ur pvc,go out and vote for a better nigeria.

I don't know why people compare Libya and Iraq to Nigeria. There are many differences between this protests and what happened in those countries.

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obi2eze:
I don't know why people compare Libya and Iraq to Nigeria. There are many differences between this protests and what happened in those countries.

Which country should we compare it with?

PeaceIlya:
Which country should we compare it with?

france, germany, uk.

Libya and Iraq are like north
Endsars originated in the south.
Both think differently

tobechi74:
Libya and Iraq are like north
Endsars originated in the south.
Both think differently

So what's the way forward?