Nigerian Disc Jockey and activist, DJ Switch describes the Nigerian government as a dictatorship with a democratic face.
The popular Disc Jockey who streamed live the shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate during the #EndSars protest made this known on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, during an interview with the CNN.
According to her, the government has become a dictator headed by people who arrest and persecute innocent citizens.
“To be honest Becky, at this point, I do not hold what the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria says to heart. Nigeria is a dictatorship with a democratic face and I think that is primarily to please the international communities”.
DJ Switch while giving an account of what happened on that infamous night said, describing herself as being lucky, it would be unfair on the side of those who didn’t make it out of the protest grounds alive. She said
“To be honest with you, with regards with me, I don’t know how to feel because on one hand, I am grateful to be alive today, on the other hand, I don’t know if I should say I am lucky. It’s almost like I am saying the others were not lucky. It is time that we owned up to the things that we are supposed to own up to. The governor has a responsibility to the citizens of Lagos state and he should say the truth”.
She went on to describe how the Nigerian government used force to infiltrate a peaceful protest with thugs and the military. She also added that she does not take the President’s words at heart because ever since the incident happened, the President has not come out once to address that particular issue.
She emphasized the fact that she believes Nigeria will change one day because the youth in Nigeria now are standing up and speaking up for themselves. She said the generation now in Nigeria is called #sorosoke which means speak up and due to this, they will not allow oppression when they have one voice to demand change.
“This generation, we like to call ourselves #sorosoke that means speak up…this is a different generation and that goes to the end where I said that Nigeria will change. It’s not a sprint it’s a marathon”.
She went on to reveal how her career as a Disc Jockey has been cut short because of the hard evidence against the government.
“My career is gone, all my bookings are gone. But I am happy that I have used my platform to do this. I don’t want to run forever. I want to go back home, I don’t care if they pick me when I get home,” she said.
She told the international journalist how the government had openly bullied and attacked some of the protesters since the protest by seizing their passports or illegally detaining them.
The celebrity’s interview is coming a month after several young Nigerians were killed by security operatives at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos.
The young Nigerian was among the thousands of Nigerians who came out to protest against police brutality in the country.
