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General News of Friday, 20 October 2023

Source: www.mynigeria.com

EndSARS protests: ‘How can we ever forget 20-10-20' – Oby Ezekwesili remembers victims of #LekkiTollgatemassacre

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Former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili paid a glowing tribute to protesters who lost their lives in the heat of the protest on October 20, 2020.

In a post on X to remember those who paid the supreme price, she said “its never over until it’s over.”

Recall that Nigeria's youth in 2020 gathered at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos to protest against police brutality and general bad governance.

The protest later turned bloody after soldiers opened fire on the protesters are the tollgate.

Remembering the incident, Ezekwesili said it’s not over until it’s over.

Posting on X, she wrote: “How can we ever forget 20-10-20?

“A historic Day when the young of our Land discovered and began to collectively live out the deep words of Franz Fanon that:

“Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.

“On this 3rd memorial, we must never forget the heroics who were killed, maimed and tortured just because they dared to stand and demand for a well-governed country that respects their constitutional rights.

“We must never forget the ones who have continued to stand on, having discovered their mission are daily paying the cost that it will take to fulfill it. It is never over until it is over.”

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