Pressure is mounting on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to speak out on the ongoing #EndSars and #EndPolicebrutality protests after force was reportedly used against the protestors.
Several reports said protestors had been killed in the Lagos on Wednesday night, scaling up not just the disaffection against the Nigeria government but the silence of Ghanaโs president who is also president of the West Africa sub-regional body ECOWAS.
Several Nigerians and Ghanaians including high profile musicians, broadcasters and actors have taken to Twitter to express their misgivings over Mr Akufo-Addoโs long silence on the issues happening in the oil-producing West African nation.
Actress Yvonne Nelson in a tweet said
โWhere is the AFRICAN UNION (AU)? where is ECOWAS?? West African leaders, where are you?? speak for the people of NIGERIA! AFRICA AND THE WORLD IS WATCHINGโ
Private legal practitioner, actress and television personality, Sandra Ankobea also tweeted
โMr. President @NAkufoAddo please show some empathy. Please show the Nigerian youth that you care. Please show some authority as the Head of Ecowas. Thank youโ
Co-host of the New Day show on TV3, Berla Mundi said:
โNigeriaโs government has failed to protect its people How you open fire on unarmed civilians leaves me befuddled!!โ Before urging that โDear @NAkufoAddo please step.โ
Blogger Mss Kwakyewaa also tweeted
โPeople are dying in Nigeria. Nigerian citizens are being shot at. And ECOWAS and AU is silent? Bloody hell. Or is it because itโs not a 300-year old burning cathedral, thatโs why @NAkufoAddo is keeping quiet?โ
Actress Efia Odo said
โAfrican leaders, your silence is the loudest response. We have seen and heard from you. #EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeraNOWโ
Stella Damasus said
โThey will expose themselves, they will fight themselves, they will soon be divided, they will accuse one another, they will be brought to justice and they will suffer for this. Naija leaders, make una wait & see. Godโs justice go heavy pass our own. #NigerianLivesMatter #EndSARSโ
The Cathedral has come up after President Akufo-Addo spoke out as the Notre Damme Cathedral burnt down in Paris.
Musician Manifest, who said he is shocked by the silence of not just ECOWAS but the Africa Union too.
The theme on African leaders going silent was also strongly echoed by actress Lydia Forson who said โAfrican leaders found their voice (very quickly) to wish Trump a speedy recovery.
But theyโve lost it when it comes to #EndSARS
History will not forgetโฆโ
Where is the AFRICAN UNION (AU) ? where is ECOWAS?? West african leaders, where are you?? ???????????????????????????????? speak for the people of NIGERIA! AFRICA AND THE WORLD IS WATCHING ????
— ???????????????????????? ???????????????????????? (@yvonnenelsongh) October 20, 2020
Mr. President @NAkufoAddo please show some empathy. Please show the Nigerian youth that you care. Please show some authority as the Head of Ecowas. Thank you https://t.co/OH0bIMtlUv
— Sandra Ankobiah, Esq (@SandraAnkobiah) October 20, 2020
People are dying in Nigeria.
Nigerian citizens are being shot at.
And ECOWAS and AU is silent?Bloody hell.
Or is it because it's not a 300-year old burning cathedral, that's why @NAkufoAddo is keeping quiet?
— Miss Kwakyewa ???? (@bougiefeminist) October 20, 2020
African leaders, your silence is the loudest response. We have seen and heard you. #EndSARS #EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeraNOW
— EFIAODO (@efiaodo1) October 20, 2020
They will expose themselves, they will fight themselves, they will soon be divided, they will accuse one another, they will be brought to justice and they will suffer for this. Naija leaders, make una wait & see. God's justice go heavy pass our own. #NigerianLivesMatter #EndSARS
— Stella Damasus (@stelladamasus) October 20, 2020
African leaders found their voice (very quickly) to wish Trump a speedy recovery.
But theyโve lost it when it comes to #EndSARS
History will not forget…
— miss forson (@lydiaforson) October 20, 2020
Source: 3 News