Can't we stand up to defend our right?

[SmartCharpa]

There is something that has become a serious concern to me and I can't help but share it here. It's about how the military and security agencies treats most youth on the street just because they dress or look a certain way that appear rich. There had been several instances where an average youth had been molested and his privacy infringed upon just because of the way he dresses and sometimes because he is driving an expensive car. Should we now dress messy or board a public vehicle when we have the means of driving our own?

What informed this topic is the incident that I witnessed while returning from work this evening where a young guy was heavily slapped and embarrassed just because he dresses a certain way and when he was stopped and asked to unlock his phone he refused doing so and told them they where infringing om his privacy.

Is it even right for the police to forcefully attempt getting access into our mobile device? Isn't that an infringement on our privacy?

All this security officers just dey misused their power anyhow. Thank God say you sef has witnessed that yourself, sometimes if you see trending videos online where this securities are harassing the youths, you will even take some as a joke. I always wondering that if their job is to protect us or make them use their power against us? Like their own is getting out of hand, how can a youth with his own money cannot enjoy his life? But i still do blame our governments for all this because some of this security job not all are well paid, imagine dey said Police dey collect money pass army, sometimes they use to survive with the money they use to collect for the youths, if they only depend on their salary they cannot achieve anything in this life.

As the citizens we have the right to defend ourselves, but we need to very careful in this country, because you fit have right and they won't allow you to talk, son of nobody no fit defend himself for this country, except God dey with you. You see waiting dem dey call government fear them, let just avoid anything wey go land us in any trouble wey go involve governments.

[odunybiz]

There is something that has become a serious concern to me and I can't help but share it here. It's about how the military and security agencies treats most youth on the street just because they dress or look a certain way that appear rich. There had been several instances where an average youth had been molested and his privacy infringed upon just because of the way he dresses and sometimes because he is driving an expensive car. Should we now dress messy or board a public vehicle when we have the means of driving our own?

What informed this topic is the incident that I witnessed while returning from work this evening where a young guy was heavily slapped and embarrassed just because he dresses a certain way and when he was stopped and asked to unlock his phone he refused doing so and told them they where infringing om his privacy.

Is it even right for the police to forcefully attempt getting access into our mobile device? Isn't that an infringement on our privacy?

Most of this security agent do misused their power. They should be there to protect the citizens but instead they are the ones harrassing the citizens because of their selfishness and greediness. A police doesn't have any right to search ones phone unless in a serious cases were investigation are to be made on such person. I don't really blame them, i blame our government because we youth has tried to fight this several times but they didn't do anything about it. What causes the government to creat an avenue to report any security agent that try to harrass any citizen in such manner.

[Cityhunter34]

There is something that has become a serious concern to me and I can't help but share it here. It's about how the military and security agencies treats most youth on the street just because they dress or look a certain way that appear rich. There had been several instances where an average youth had been molested and his privacy infringed upon just because of the way he dresses and sometimes because he is driving an expensive car. Should we now dress messy or board a public vehicle when we have the means of driving our own?

What informed this topic is the incident that I witnessed while returning from work this evening where a young guy was heavily slapped and embarrassed just because he dresses a certain way and when he was stopped and asked to unlock his phone he refused doing so and told them they where infringing om his privacy.

Is it even right for the police to forcefully attempt getting access into our mobile device? Isn't that an infringement on our privacy?

One thing that our guys is doing now our days is not good at all, they are the ones telling police or army that dey are rough because you as a civilian you are  not suppose to put on army uniform for any reason, because (number 1 you are not an army man). Somethings when see a guy that is putting on army uniform I used to laugh because they didn't know what dey  are doing..

[Loveday422]

My brother,you know Nigeria is a lawless country where many things happen  in the case of standing to fight for our right you can never get it ,95%of Nigerians has enter the so called yahoo plus and this has been one of the problem this country is facing, people die here and their due to yahoo boys on the street now,the world has changed,so if someone ask you to unlock your cell phone let them check if you are one of those boys

Is just very simple give them your phone to clear your self ,in this country their are some dress you don't put on , because if you do ,you will be tag yahoo boy in the eyes of the military men

Their was a day I was going home from abia state to port Harcourt
Due to how I dressed almost all the check point they check me only me ,my bags my pocket my phone's,they check me all over ,I said okay maybe this is as a result of my dressing you see

So as I was coming back ,I just where shot and one local cloth so when I pass them they will not longer suspect me because I hate it ,it was so embarrassing checking only me
And the way they do it ,they do it asive is their right due to the recent happening,mined the way you dress,
Dress very nice with native attire,they can't suspect you,many hungry guys on the street has open the eyes of police ,they suspect everything and everyone now ,due to Yahoo boys,with this where will you start from why fighting for your right ,even when your government has fail you ,the best thing one can do is just to be a good man,when you meet them or them meet you,just be very plan ,to do what they ask you to do I think they can't beat or molece you

So you can't fight for your right,at all
Many things are happening bro ,this country is a lawless country where law can be broken anyhow even to those who enforce the law .
What can you do,just be your self ,since you are not a yahoo boy mined how you dress and how you talk you will be free from so call military men

[Belarge]

One thing that our guys is doing now our days is not good at all, they are the ones telling police or army that dey are rough because you as a sevylia you are  not suppose to put on army uniform for any reason, because (number 1 you are not an army man). Somethings when see a guy that is putting on army uniform I used to laugh because they didn't know what dey  are doing..

Don't ever come out to pledge for the truth because you might not like the repercussions you would recieve. Nigeria is not just like other countries, rather its getting worse as the day and years passes by. Defending our rights in Nigeria? A country that everyone have something to fight for but they choose to remain silence due to the corrupt actions of the police, the ones that's embedded with the rights to protects the citizens of this country are actually the ones that have been disturbing the peace of the people and this have become one of the tough challenges for everyone.

[odunybiz]

Do we have right in Nigeria? You only have right if you are rich and famous. This made me to remember a senerio that happened in my area where some bricklayers where beaten and arrested by police for no reason. Just because they claim to fight for their right, the police later arrested them that they are abusing their boss. You will only suffer under your right if you are poor or not famous in this country.

[Manlikefrank1]

There is something that has become a serious concern to me and I can't help but share it here. It's about how the military and security agencies treats most youth on the street just because they dress or look a certain way that appear rich. There had been several instances where an average youth had been molested and his privacy infringed upon just because of the way he dresses and sometimes because he is driving an expensive car. Should we now dress messy or board a public vehicle when we have the means of driving our own?

What informed this topic is the incident that I witnessed while returning from work this evening where a young guy was heavily slapped and embarrassed just because he dresses a certain way and when he was stopped and asked to unlock his phone he refused doing so and told them they where infringing om his privacy.

Is it even right for the police to forcefully attempt getting access into our mobile device? Isn't that an infringement on our privacy?

Nigeria case no be small case oo… why majority of people can’t stand up to the because someone on fire arm have to be respect and been follow gentle so he don’t just kill and say it’s a criminal which the caught doing something and normal can be said to defend or to protect there bad act and character.we should try to avoid some problem and do some little coperation with them.but normally police aim are to protect life and property..but now there action have gone beyond,but trying to extort money from hustling youths even with the low employment in the country.

[Samlucky O]

There is something that has become a serious concern to me and I can't help but share it here. It's about how the military and security agencies treats most youth on the street just because they dress or look a certain way that appear rich. There had been several instances where an average youth had been molested and his privacy infringed upon just because of the way he dresses and sometimes because he is driving an expensive car. Should we now dress messy or board a public vehicle when we have the means of driving our own?

That is actually true.the rate at which this men behave whenever people fall into there hands is not really good. Expecially when. They see that you have something to offer which look surprisingly to them. Most at time innocent people fall into trouble for what they don't know. The example of what you are saying happens today when we where heading to a wedding ceremony today. The police detained our vehicle simply because our driver didn't look responsible. We begged him to release him for us to attend the wedding but they where sticked to what they decided on. After which they took some money from us and said it was fine of the law we violated after detaining us for over 1Hours. So what they are doing is affecting us.

[Ever-young]

For this our country, I no sure say our fundamental human right dey exist again o, because if person dey abuse your right and u talked dem go fit lock u up or kill u self or fit no dey reason ur matter, now we no get mouth to talk say this one na my right so I go talk or do as I want. Even right to express ourselves no dey again, if our government do wetin we no like, we no fit express ourselves, even if we express self, they go still do wetin dey their mind without minding if we are okay with it or not, so what is the essence than just looking at them, mk them do their own, and also make we just live our lives and leave them alone, because corruption don plenty for this country and no body go stand for u, dem no go dey if things turn out wrong, dem no go hear say u dey right o

[Juicyhome]

It's because we are living in a society where people don't obey simple rule of law, citizens are been threatened on daily basic,  once you speak up against the government,  they will use state machineries like the police to deal with you and no one will save you, its this bad in our country Nigeria,  that's why every citizens are minding their business,  no one wants to talk against the government because of fear,  imagine how costly things are in Nigeria market,  yet no civil society has been able to protest against it, every one is quite,  no want to be Hero anymore. And that's why the government is free to steal and make sinister law that are not for our progress.

[Ojinga]

There is something that has become a serious concern to me and I can't help but share it here. It's about how the military and security agencies treats most youth on the street just because they dress or look a certain way that appear rich. There had been several instances where an average youth had been molested and his privacy infringed upon just because of the way he dresses and sometimes because he is driving an expensive car. Should we now dress messy or board a public vehicle when we have the means of driving our own?

What informed this topic is the incident that I witnessed while returning from work this evening where a young guy was heavily slapped and embarrassed just because he dresses a certain way and when he was stopped and asked to unlock his phone he refused doing so and told them they where infringing om his privacy.

Is it even right for the police to forcefully attempt getting access into our mobile device? Isn't that an infringement on our privacy?

the thing is that in this our country seeing the youth's  looking good, it seems like he/she is into something else that's the mindset of the security and the government itself. Why because they want everyone to be crying with others crying about how things are though in the country, meanwhile they don't know all fingers are not equal but what I want to ask. Is there an actual age of becoming rich in live? Why I say this cause was once a victim of this type of embarrassment, just because my drip was so sweet and i step out for a friend birthday on the way going we were stop by the police. Asking us to come down and they started searching us they didn't find anything one of them ask us to bring our phones we bought out our phones to them, we do as we were asked to do but one of them was saying. This boy's na Yahoo boy's, I think that's their mean reason they stopped us but that's not their job and because of them is the reason the government do see Bitcoin as a source of distraction not knowing it's helping in the society. The only thing is that just be clean no matter what you do they can't get you let them do their mind.

[Juicyhome]

We could. We did. And we have not stopped. Fighting for the rights of people are never gotten like a cheap meal. Even if we are stopped. We persist. We consult. We consolidate. We confront.

Yes. We can stand to fight for our dreams because like Gandhi said "Silence in the face of injustice, is an injustice to Justice".

[Tungbulu]

There is something that has become a serious concern to me and I can't help but share it here. It's about how the military and security agencies treats most youth on the street just because they dress or look a certain way that appear rich. There had been several instances where an average youth had been molested and his privacy infringed upon just because of the way he dresses and sometimes because he is driving an expensive car. Should we now dress messy or board a public vehicle when we have the means of driving our own?

What informed this topic is the incident that I witnessed while returning from work this evening where a young guy was heavily slapped and embarrassed just because he dresses a certain way and when he was stopped and asked to unlock his phone he refused doing so and told them they where infringing om his privacy.

Is it even right for the police to forcefully attempt getting access into our mobile device? Isn't that an infringement on our privacy?

the thing is that in this our country seeing the youth's  looking good, it seems like he/she is into something else that's the mindset of the security and the government itself. Why because they want everyone to be crying with others crying about how things are though in the country, meanwhile they don't know all fingers are not equal but what I want to ask. Is there an actual age of becoming rich in live? Why I say this cause was once a victim of this type of embarrassment, just because my drip was so sweet and i step out for a friend birthday on the way going we were stop by the police. Asking us to come down and they started searching us they didn't find anything one of them ask us to bring our phones we bought out our phones to them, we do as we were asked to do but one of them was saying. This boy's na Yahoo boy's, I think that's their mean reason they stopped us but that's not their job and because of them is the reason the government do see Bitcoin as a source of distraction not knowing it's helping in the society. The only thing is that just be clean no matter what you do they can't get you let them do their mind.

Na the kind of country we find ourselves, all the police and other law enforcement agents feel like say every young boy wey dey look good or hold expensive phones literally dey into fraud, and them go use that opportunity to harass and extort most of our youths, both people wey dey guilty and the innocent ones, nobody too dey safe again.

The worst part of the whole thing because say, the government them know wetin dey happen but yet them choose to keep quiet and pretend like say them no dey see wetin dey happen and when matter come escalate now, them go find one English take speak to blame the youths, wey be say them for their own side never do their part well, make e remain us wey dey remain.

Nonetheless, make we try dey always dey careful because them don make things look like say we no even get choice again, like say them go fit do anything them like and nothing we fit do about am and them go just get away with am, so make every young guy out there just dey careful make we no for dey fall victim to these their abrupt and nonchalant attitude wey them dey exhibit on a daily basis for the society.

[Awwal08]

Rights still exists in Nigeria, but it belongs to people with full pocket, the harass that the military are harassing the youth has become unbearable for them, the people that supposed to protect their youth are the one making them uncomfortable in the society.

The law enforcement agency i.e. police are moving from one street to another looking for who to arrest as a thief, they don’t know the thief and they are still looking for him to arrest, while the real thieves are visible to everyone, or is it that is only the poor that are seeing them. someone struggle before he get money to buy ordinary garri,  he suffer oooo before he get it, and the police will be investigating him to know whether he stole it, they will be accusing him of stealing  for them to get opportunity to arrest him.

Imagine someone that seat at home, each whatever he want, drinks whatever he wish, and sleep anytime he like with a quality functioning AC ,after he wakes up he will be credited with billions of naira in his bank account, and the police will be calling him “your Excellency” instead of arresting him and investigate where the money come from. Government has to look up to this matter because either rich or poor everyone has the right to defend their right.     

[Juicyhome]

Where you right stop na wey somewhere else right begins. In defending our right let's be caution. Speaking your mind or protesting against bad governance is a right of every citizens but you must do it peacefully with a good reason. Just like the endsar protest was a good initiative but lack coordination and it became violence, such demonstration is not a good way to demand for justice. We know government are evil and they control the security so you must use your head when making demands, do it rightly, no one is stopping you from demanding your right.

[Marvelockg]

Where you right stop na wey somewhere else right begins. In defending our right let's be caution. Speaking your mind or protesting against bad governance is a right of every citizens but you must do it peacefully with a good reason. Just like the endsar protest was a good initiative but lack coordination and it became violence, such demonstration is not a good way to demand for justice. We know government are evil and they control the security so you must use your head when making demands, do it rightly, no one is stopping you from demanding your right.

And you think that our leaders or police would give you what belongs to you on a platter of gold? Do you know that the reason why cases of police brutality have been reduced to some extent is because of the nature that was used in following up on the whole end Sara incident? Do you think if people casually request what they're entitled to get politely and civilly they will get it?

As the Aluta slogan goes, freedom comes by struggle! Most of the privileges we're enjoying now are things people saw and said enough is enough and went on to fight for what they believed was their right and fought it till they got it. We all know that our enforcement agencies are very aggressive and that while you're trying to air out your displeasure, they might brutalize you in the process but when you consider the effect of jor saying anything at all and allowing things to just go on way because you're afraid of what might happen to you should you stand up to defend yourself, you're going to continue being enslaved by people that will never get satisfied tormenting and torturing you.

[Juicyhome]

Where you right stop na wey somewhere else right begins. In defending our right let's be caution. Speaking your mind or protesting against bad governance is a right of every citizens but you must do it peacefully with a good reason. Just like the endsar protest was a good initiative but lack coordination and it became violence, such demonstration is not a good way to demand for justice. We know government are evil and they control the security so you must use your head when making demands, do it rightly, no one is stopping you from demanding your right.

And you think that our leaders or police would give you what belongs to you on a platter of gold? Do you know that the reason why cases of police brutality have been reduced to some extent is because of the nature that was used in following up on the whole end Sara incident? Do you think if people casually request what they're entitled to get politely and civilly they will get it?

As the Aluta slogan goes, freedom comes by struggle! Most of the privileges we're enjoying now are things people saw and said enough is enough and went on to fight for what they believed was their right and fought it till they got it. We all know that our enforcement agencies are very aggressive and that while you're trying to air out your displeasure, they might brutalize you in the process but when you consider the effect of jor saying anything at all and allowing things to just go on way because you're afraid of what might happen to you should you stand up to defend yourself, you're going to continue being enslaved by people that will never get satisfied tormenting and torturing you.

OP in Democratic dispensation you don't protest violently and  destroy facilities to register your displeasure No, the end sar protest didn't achieve much results as expected because they was no leader it's was Just aggrieved youths and concerned citizens defending police brutality in the country and its turned out to be more brutal when the police and the aggrieved youths crashed which resulted to death of many youths in the country. Properties was destroyed live lost and the only thing we claim to achieved was the ban of sar from the road, today they have returned to the street again to harass youths,  to me the endsar was a waste because if they was leaders of the protest they would hold government accountable for not keeping to their words. Until we have a conscious comrades that are ready to lead a revolution in this country Nigeria will never change from bad government and police brutality.

[Jessie2121]

Where you right stop na wey somewhere else right begins. In defending our right let's be caution. Speaking your mind or protesting against bad governance is a right of every citizens but you must do it peacefully with a good reason. Just like the endsar protest was a good initiative but lack coordination and it became violence, such demonstration is not a good way to demand for justice. We know government are evil and they control the security so you must use your head when making demands, do it rightly, no one is stopping you from demanding your right.

I understand wetin you talk oh but when you talk about protesting in peace for this country I no think say e go bring anything positive becos to the government them go think say we no serious and the amount at which we the citizens dey unserious about things for the country even for the social media self go give them that impression say we no ready for wetin we want. I think na too much force we need to take wetin be our own which is our right. EndSars na example as you talk but the support no too dey to strengthen the motion, e for work out oh but when government see wetin them go lose nai the mass killings come into play. Wetin I want make you get be say anything wey be peaceful protest e no dey ever move our government to do something wey go favor us but if we get like international help I believe say we go freely do am and get our goal becos the government dey fear those away piple.

[Juicyhome]

Where you right stop na wey somewhere else right begins. In defending our right let's be caution. Speaking your mind or protesting against bad governance is a right of every citizens but you must do it peacefully with a good reason. Just like the endsar protest was a good initiative but lack coordination and it became violence, such demonstration is not a good way to demand for justice. We know government are evil and they control the security so you must use your head when making demands, do it rightly, no one is stopping you from demanding your right.

I understand wetin you talk oh but when you talk about protesting in peace for this country I no think say e go bring anything positive becos to the government them go think say we no serious and the amount at which we the citizens dey unserious about things for the country even for the social media self go give them that impression say we no ready for wetin we want. I think na too much force we need to take wetin be our own which is our right. EndSars na example as you talk but the support no too dey to strengthen the motion, e for work out oh but when government see wetin them go lose nai the mass killings come into play. Wetin I want make you get be say anything wey be peaceful protest e no dey ever move our government to do something wey go favor us but if we get like international help I believe say we go freely do am and get our goal becos the government dey fear those away piple.

Peaceful protest wey I talk here be say make dem no destroy properties or stop people wey no gree join from their daily work. E get as dem go coordinate the protest wey de international human rights to back am up, no to dey destroy government properties to register your displeasure no international body go back such protest, and mk face dey the protest you no go demand weytin government need pass through constitution to achieve am, demand for immediate solutions like improvements in our health centres, increase in eduction budget to 20%. Subsidy removal and price control, urgent rehabilitation of the four refineries for job creations  and many sensible things. Government will respond quickly to such things, and let the leaders of the protest be honest people not thiefs like the Endsar coordinators, till date some funds people donated to the protest are missing,  such an unfortunate act.

[Jessie2121]

Where you right stop na wey somewhere else right begins. In defending our right let's be caution. Speaking your mind or protesting against bad governance is a right of every citizens but you must do it peacefully with a good reason. Just like the endsar protest was a good initiative but lack coordination and it became violence, such demonstration is not a good way to demand for justice. We know government are evil and they control the security so you must use your head when making demands, do it rightly, no one is stopping you from demanding your right.

I understand wetin you talk oh but when you talk about protesting in peace for this country I no think say e go bring anything positive becos to the government them go think say we no serious and the amount at which we the citizens dey unserious about things for the country even for the social media self go give them that impression say we no ready for wetin we want. I think na too much force we need to take wetin be our own which is our right. EndSars na example as you talk but the support no too dey to strengthen the motion, e for work out oh but when government see wetin them go lose nai the mass killings come into play. Wetin I want make you get be say anything wey be peaceful protest e no dey ever move our government to do something wey go favor us but if we get like international help I believe say we go freely do am and get our goal becos the government dey fear those away piple.

Peaceful protest wey I talk here be say make dem no destroy properties or stop people wey no gree join from their daily work. E get as dem go coordinate the protest wey de international human rights to back am up, no to dey destroy government properties to register your displeasure no international body go back such protest, and mk face dey the protest you no go demand weytin government need pass through constitution to achieve am, demand for immediate solutions like improvements in our health centres, increase in eduction budget to 20%. Subsidy removal and price control, urgent rehabilitation of the four refineries for job creations  and many sensible things. Government will respond quickly to such things, and let the leaders of the protest be honest people not thiefs like the Endsar coordinators, till date some funds people donated to the protest are missing,  such an unfortunate act.

See eh e get how e go be things go happen the way you talk am without properties being destroyed, people dey vex say them come out to do protest wey go favor all of us while some go still dey sell, is just like una no know say we too get shop and we close am to come out for the greater good, e reach to spoil people things and no forget say some protesters dey only follow to thief so this waka no too clear, make the sponsors try coordinate the movement and e go work. True oh government go respond only if things no spoil and them no go easily gree not until this international bodies look into the matter but I pray make things go well if not people go lose life becos government fit repeat same thing dem do last one.