Arodan 2
by Ogbeni Arodan
Day 14.
Today feels like a defeat
It seems I started these journals late.
but I know I did not, no protest or uprising lasts half a month.
Today all our hopes were shattered.
I woke up this morning quite late and leaped for my phone almost immediately, just to stay in touch with the news going out.
I saw a few things, some messages and noticed some low level government rat pushing one of their agendas and I just felt tired. so I dropped the phone and went about my day as usual.
I had a few issues going through the day, but I did not let that faze me. I tried my best to get work done to no avail. I thought about how close I was coming to not having any money and thought about options to cash (of which I had only a limited amount left.)
I went through today emotionally detached from my country.
I wanted to stay in touch with events, but I could not, gladly I did not have to as the only things going on were news about what happened the previous day and how the Oba's palace was ransacked with him running away and protesters taking away his valuables.
They even threw a party :)
It was lovely but sad, Nigerians were tired and they were activating “Eat the rich mode”
lovely not because of any other reason than the fact that they were finally standing up to a government that had oppressed them for decades.
but we all knew deep behind our minds that we all hoped the events of the previous day could go away.
We all wanted it wiped from our minds but we could find no refuge asides from the fact that the people who have us in this situation are also in a way suffering for what they did.
Then news came out that COVID-19 palliatives which should have been given out a couple months prior during the pandemic lockdown of the past few months (that was a catalyst of the present movement) were found in the Oba's palace...
I was shocked till I saw the videos, a video of a warehouse with large amounts of food and packaged goods, all branded for distribution, and which never got to their respective homes.
The greed!!
Why?
I don't understand why, the wickedness that's in the heart of man to do such things.
A couple hours later, news circulated that the videos from the warehouse were not for the Oba but were for Private companies and the ministry of agriculture.
my private findings in a few secret channels led me to understand these palliatives were still private property yet to be paid for by the government.
sad reality really, why did it have to get here?
Why would anyone hoard or stop financing for much needed supplies to get to people who need them??
Our government, that's who.
this is almost 2 months after the lockdown was lifted, and yet goods that were meant to be delivered to us still sit in a warehouse, yet to be paid for.
I also found out something of concern about that news.
It seemed to be a directed smear campaign on the Oba, understood, he is a bad person, but there are no visual or video proof showing the warehouse being located in his ransacked compound yet why is the news going around being narrated that way? It defies logic and in my experience living, once things defy logic, something is definitely man-inspired about it.
I left that in my head for a while and it just got to doing other activities while still being emotionally detached from the country.
I filled the void with comedic content and watched movies, unable to do any work.
At that time, the president addressed the Nation.
I did not watch the broadcast.
I did not want to.
Nothing that man says can bring hope or joy
All it brings is the same thing within him, evil and sadness.
I went on twitter, and was greeted by gloom and hopelessness in a new dimension.
Nigerians, whom I know as the most hopeful and vibrant people were displaying hopelessness in massive numbers.
everyone felt helpless, every single person.
So, I still ended up knowing every single word the president uttered, and did not utter during his short “read out” -speech- .
He spoke about things in his own interest and shunned every other thing.
He basically spoke like he was forced to address the subjects on whose money he lives.
He apologised for nothing....that's if he even acknowledged any incidence occuring.
He stood firmly behind the army on it's statement.
What were we expecting, would the literal head of the army say something different from what his second in commands and the rest say?
That would make him look weak, and as he said, weakness is not his thing.
He basically told us all to kindly fuck off and stop disturbing his peace or he will make sure the very cause we are fighting against becomes our very end.
He said this without any remorse whatsoever.
He did not acknowledge any of the lives lost during the army shooting that happened at the Lekki Toll on Tuesday, neither did he acknowledge the lives lost from the hands of the security operatives who carried out the massacre and others across the state that day.
His silence has shown us exactly what we need to know.
We are fucked!
or he is, lol.
we are all either leaving or staying to fight...how to fight now is the bone of contention. How do we hit them where it hurts and strategically get back power from a mentally inept pseudo-dictator
We make the next move.
Queen to F4. The King's Gambit is now in full swing.