Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Thought For Today

Oluwatoyin,

EndSARS was a failure. The failure was inbuilt. They were not serious, just having fun. How can a group of serious protesters say that they do not have leaders, that they do not trust any of themselves?

Even at that, are there no persons of integrity in Nigeria they could appoint to negotiate on  their behalf? 

They were expecting United Nations. Would the whole body of United Nations come to Nigeria? Of course not. The United Nations would send a delegation, who would expect to meet with the government delegation and of course theirs. Were they expecting the United Nations delegation to come and negotiate with all the protesters at the toll gate?

The government made some concessions and called for dialogue, they would have commenced dialogue with the whole of their demands. The refusal to start dialogue casted them in the mould of trouble makers.

They were not strategic, they  hoped that if they hold the Nigerian flag, that soldiers and security personnel would never shoot at them, thereby exposing crass ignorance of the type of soldiers and security personnel we have in Nigeria and of course in Africa.

They called their jamboree a revolution. How many successful revolutions were led by Disc Jockeys/musicians with music blaring and  rice and chicken flying all over the place?

On the Twitter ban, I go with the tendency who opine that using Twitter is a fundamental human right as provided in the United Nations universal declaration of human rights of 1948.

The ban should be first resisted by people like you and I to test the waters, the youngsters can join later. I have been trying to tweet but Twitter is telling me that something went wrong, that I should give it another try later.

Thanks.

-CAO.

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021, 8:36 PM Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

she was the voice of the final stand at lekki, the person who recorded and described the shooting of the protesters.

na wa for you chidi.

qs-what do you suggest we do about the twitter ban?

please respond. dont refuse to do so after counselling hiding from the govt.

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 16:15, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

What your DJ Switch achieve? Momentary fame?

-CAO.

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021, 3:08 PM Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

the people who became famous through ENDSARS were not from prominent families to the best of my knowledge

 D J Swift

the Feminist Coalition etc

they were also relatively young people or young people

the more prominent people and people from prominent families were present but less visible

anyway, Chidi, what do you suggest nigerians should do about the twitter ban?

On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 at 10:52, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

Oga Falola,

Fela could say all that and do all he did because he was a scion of a prominent family.

He would have been killed or forgotten in prison if he were not whom he was.

I can participate in any protest and/or dare authorities now, but I wouldn't have done that ten or twenty years ago.

On Sunday, June 6, 2021, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

Relax with this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y--5IlljO78

 

 

 

From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 5:29 PM
To: USA African Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Thought For Today

Oluwatoyin,

 

Typing from an Internet enabled device is different from protesting on the front line without a naira in your pocket and food in your house (if you even have shelter).

 

Your aged parents probably need some money for medication and your younger siblings are waiting for you to send their school fees.

 

-CAO.

 

On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 11:16 PM Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

well said TF

 

On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 at 22:01, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

Senior Chidi:

Please, don't trivialize resistance and protest.

The sacrifice of suffering and the suffering of sacrifice are the ingredients of transformation.

TF

 

From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 3:48 PM
To: USA African Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Thought For Today

 

They tweet, ask Buhari to arrest them and you follow them, tweet and also ask Buhari to arrest you, right? 

 

They have collected grants from foreign foundations in dollars and stuff those grants in their foreign bank accounts.

 

Some of them stole lots of money during their time as public office holders and want to divert attention from that.

 

Some of those you are following know persons who are close to high government officials, the people they know would plead on their behalf in the event of arrest.

 

Most of them have their families abroad.

 

In the event of arrest, their friends who control the Civil Rights Movement in Nigeria and the mainstream media would put their arrests on the publicity front burner.

 

You, a poor youngster, the son/daughter of a "nobody" who should be struggling to make your children, sons/daughters of "somebody", living in a high density urban suburb in Nigeria, with no friends in "high places", is also tweeting and asking Buhari to arrest you.

 

If arrested, the world will forget about you, minutes after you are arrested.

 

Those you are emulating would reconcile with Buhari and life would go on.

 

"Fools Die"-Mario Puzo.

 

-Chidi Anthony Opara (CAO)

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