By Ayo Baje
You bowing, you crying
You, dying like
that one day without knowing why
You, struggling, you watching over another’s
rest
You, looking no longer with laughter in your eyes
You my brother, your
face full of fear and suffering
Stand up, and shout No!”
– David Diop
The recent protests against gross human rights violations, through the use of brutal force and extra-judicial killings of defenceless citizens by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) across many states of the country underscores the anomaly of a political leadership that deploys force and fiat under a democratic dispensation.
