The Coup False Narrative in the Persecution of the EndSARS Peaceful Protesters. 

The EndSARS peaceful protest was televised live. And the shooting and killing of the participants at Lekki Toll Gate were televised live. What was not so revealing, and still unresolved, was who ordered the armed Military men out of Bonny Camp to attack the peaceful protesters? Governor Sanwo Olu of Lagos State has vehemently and unequivocally denied contacting the army or having a hand in the bloody attack on the peaceful protesters. The question remains: who did? 

The attack on the protesters at Abuja as well as the burning of private vehicles were televised live. And there is overwhelming evidence to support the conclusion that the attacks and the vandalization of private properties were organized by the Presidency. And most disturbing, was that the attackers used government vehicles. These are not allegations or figment of once imaginations. There are tons of videos available in the public showing the deployment of ground troops.

A few days after the brutal attack on the EndSARS peaceful protesters, the Northern Governors had an emergency meeting in Kaduna, Kaduna State. Unexpectedly, the communique issued after the end of the meeting stated unequivocably that the protest was calculated to remove President Buhari from office. Another Treasonable Felony Trial in the Making. And a few days after the meeting of the Northern Governors, the Police Force issued a stern warning that it will not tolerate another protest from the same group. So, who is taking decisions that are binding on Nigerians? Northern Governors? 

Following the release of the communique, there is a dramatic change in the handling of peaceful protesters in Nigeria. Today, those who are directly or remotely connected with the EndSARS peaceful protest are targets and enemies of the state, thus contending dangerously with arrest and forfeiture of a private bank account. Only in Nigeria. When was that decision taken? On what ground are you prosecuting them? If I may add, President Buhari and Mallam El'Rufai were regulars in protest match during President Goodluck Jonathan. And not even once did they suffer assault, arrest, or prosecution. 

So, to my Nigerian commentators, if you don't know, I want you to know right now: The Buhari Administration, his cabal, the Ministry of Justice, and the Northern Governors are treating the EndSARS peaceful protest as a failed civilian coup. I repeat, they are treating it as a coup by you to remove President Buhari, a Northerner, from office. 

Southern Governors should wake up. Nigerians should wake up. Men and women of conscience should wake up. What they are doing to the peaceful protesters is illegal and unheard of. It has a semblance of the Treasable trial felony of Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his Action Group men. A trial and incarceration that planted the seeds of the 1966 military coup.

The cowardice, ignorance, and disinterestedness that Nigerians exhibited when Gideon Orkar and his fellow coup plotters were sentenced to death post-trial are at play once again, today. EndSARS protesters did not carry arms against the state like coup plotters. The EndSTARS peaceful protesters did not vandalize Lekki Toll Gate. They did not touch government properties at Abuja. Government hired tugs did. 

So, the prosecuting of those involved in the protest and the seizure of their bank accounts must be condemned by Nigerians in the strongest term. We must call an end to it. The right of the people to protest against oppression is an inherent right and a fundamental attribute of human existence. Enough is enough. Southern Governors should speak up. Northern Governors are not above the law. And we know where lies the grundnorm. This is a page from a conquest theory and apartheid regime.