Mothers in Nigeria have been put into the state of excruciating agony since yesterday night when the news of the massacre of our unarmed children was being carried out by men of the Nigerian Military at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos. One could literally hear the cries of our children in the face of this terror. It reminds us of the killing of the innocent children of Israel, ordered by the wicked King Herod on hearing about the birth of the Child King Jesus.
“ A sound is heard in Ramah,
the sound of bitter weeping.
Rachel is crying for her children;
She refuses to be comforted,
for they are dead.”
So this is the face of the ‘operation crocodile smile’; the height of wickedness!
What the military could not achieve with the dreaded Boko Haram in the North is now being unleashed on our peaceful youths under the cover of darkness. They neither listened to their pleas nor respect the Nigerian flags being waved at them. All sane people will agree that this is the most well organized, classy and peaceful protest in the history of Nigeria. What a sad denouement the Nigerian Military has brought into it. Apparently the Nigerian army does not know that peaceful protests are legitimate tools in a democracy. It is actually the infiltration of the army into a civilian peaceful protest that is clearly wrong and illegitimate. We Mothers demand thatThe perpetrators and all those involved in this dastardly killings must be fished out soonest and dealt with accordingly. We demand to know who authorized the murder of these our children; who authorized switching off the electricity and the removal of the cctv cameras. We want to know the authority behind the introduction of hoodlums and thugs into the peaceful protests in Abuja, Lagos, Benin, Ibadan, Kano and so on.
We demand to know the exact no of casualties. There should be no cover up.
For the sake of one’s conscience, this piece cannot be complete without a few words for the Father of the Nation, Baba Muhammadu Buhari.
“Baba! Baba!! Baba!!!
Where are you? Baba, the whole world is waiting for you. You need to say something now. A father should not and does not remain silent when his children are being massacred.
These are the youths who organized massive peaceful protests against the government of President Jonathan and campaigned for your success in the two last Presidential elections. These are the young people shouting SAI BABA, SAI BUHARI all over the country. I know it BABA, because I was involved. These are the youths who voted massively for you in expectation for the ‘CHANGE ‘ you promised. My eyes filled up with hot tears at the thought that so soon you seem to have forgotten the priceless sacrifices of your children and indeed that of every Nigerian. It is however not too late. Reach out to your children; reach out to the affected families. Reach out to all Nigerians. Recognise the diversity of the country God has given you to lead and to serve. Restructure for justice, peace and progress.
Our condolences go to all affected families of these our children. May God console them and all of us. May Light Perpetual shine on the departed. ��
May the Blood of all the Martyrs of the #EndSARS peaceful protests break the yoke of bad governance in Nigeria and usher in a truly United States of Nigeria through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Ronke Okusanya .
Concerned Women of Nigeria.