With 1.24 Million Tweets, Audio Talks, Nigeria Youths Marks EndSARS Memorial On Twitter spaces

With a number of tweets sporting the hashtags; #EndPoliceBrutality, #WeWillNeverForget, # EndSARSMemorial, #NeverAgain, #LekkiMassacre, Nigeria Youths marks EndSARS memorial on on Twitter areas with 1.24 million tweets, audio talks.

 

There have been additionally sequence of audio public conversations held to commemorate the anniversary of the protests in opposition to police brutality that came about in October 2020 the place many youths have been shot lifeless at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos.

 

As at 6 pm on Wednesday, the # EndSARSMemorial has gathered 1.24 million tweets regardless of Twitter ban.

 

Customers together with @Oluomoofderby, @Dontee___, hosted a Twitter area that was themed “# ENDSARS 20 Days of Activism Day 20 Finale!” noticed a gathering of activists, youth and thought leaders.

 

A number of audio system addressed over 300 customers who joined the session and spoke about their experiences with police, management high quality within the nation and methods ahead.

 

“The protest has constructed a consciousness, it has given us a possibility to mirror” Austin Okon-Akpan, a participant on the Twitter Dialog, mentioned.

 

Co-host of the Twitter House, @Dontee___, mentioned the aim of getting the audio dialog, was to recollect Nigerians that have been victims of the fallout of the  # EndSARS protests in 2020.

Regardless of the suspension of the micro-blogging platform on June 4 by the federal authorities, Twitter continues to be a lot in use in Nigeria and within the wake of the              # EndSARS Memorial, comes off as a software that performs important function in youth engagement with the Nigerian politics.

 

Earlier within the afternoon, activist and self-proclaimed “iVocate for Humanity,” Rinu Oduola referred to as consideration to the surging variety of tweets.

 

“A million tweets and extra on the #EndSARS Memorial ! #KeepitOn Nigerians!!” she tweeted.

https://twitter.com/SavvyRinu/standing/1450810719927156739

A collage of images of protesters from the October 2020 protests, was uploaded by a person @ChiemelaFortun3, whose deal with was spelt as #Wewillneverforget.

https://twitter.com/ChiemelaFortun3/standing/1450922914002440200

The video of a protester in Lagos, who was dragged right into a police automobile was shared by Rinu, sporting the #EndPoliceBrutality together with it.

https://twitter.com/SavvyRinu/standing/1450832384392318981

Disc Jockey and musician, Florence “DJ Cuppy” Otedola, additionally went on to tweet “We’ll NEVER neglect!” with the #EndPoliceBrutality and # EndSARS Memorial.

https://twitter.com/cuppymusic/standing/1450729510974918658

A person @DuruIjeoma12 reminisced the occasions of October 20, 2020, with the tweet, “Might we by no means see a day like this once more. 20_10_2020. Endlessly in our hearts. R.I.P to those who by no means made it residence.”

https://twitter.com/DuruIjeoma12/standing/1450728372020121601

Nigeria’s younger inhabitants stays defiant to the Nigerian federal authorities’s Twi