Daily Roundup #2: From Sharing Chilling Stories to the powers of Twitter and the emergence of a Help-line.

History will remember 2020 as the year the 'lazy' Nigerian youths woke up.

From Jimoh Isiaq to every hero whose name isn’t known, as Temitope Olaleye said, “Your light will never go out”. These heroes will always be remembered and their stories shared.

Photo Credit: Anthony Obayomi

However, there are those who survived and have to live with these horrid experiences. It takes more than guts to share such stories and for this, they will forever be celebrated.

I’ve tried everyday of my life to suppress this memory like it never happened. That’s why it’s taken so long to share my story. Reading people’s stories now, I realized. I was very lucky. I had bruises but not gunshot wound. Now I don’t want my children going through this. 

Read more about Dr Kemi Quadri-Bello story as shared by Edna in this article.

A lot of slangs and quotes have become prominent in our daily conversations since the start of the protest. Also, there has been a reawakening in all quarters and the world is watching what we do next with this power.

“Where the protests end, the work begins.” Adejoro Daniel gives an in-depth insight into what we should do with this newly found strength in his article.

The international community sits quietly and the world remains still, watching and waiting for whatever to continue, Nigerians observe this like the title of Ugwu’s story “The World Was Silent While We Died” and wonder when the conditions will change.

As loud as the cry of young Nigerians has been in recent weeks against police brutality and the deplorable state of the nation, these cries have been alleged to be completely ignored by a large part of the international community. Tolu Omogunle urged the leaders and the world at large to speak up and join their voices and stand for truth as silence is not golden.

From what started out as being just a ‘usual’ online rant, history will always remember how Nigerians took it from the tweets to the streets. Twitter has taken up a key role in this fight to be heard and in the cry for justice. It is amazing how a single tweet could spur up a crowd of people around the world all demanding the same thing- Change. Read more on the key role Twitter as played in this fight from Edna.

As we step into a new week of demanding for justice for the fallen and an to the inhumane treatment of the citizens of Nigeria, it is important to remember “to be silent, is to be complicit”. Join the movement by raising your voice and giving your voice and this has been made easy by the creation of the #ENDSARS Help-line.

To those gone and for those who remain, the message remains the same.

#ENDSARS.