I do not agree with him on
everything and I deplore his views about my friend and brother, the lion of the
east, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu yet the truth is that I love and admire my younger
brother Prince Deji Adeyanju.
I consider the outrageous things
that the Buhari government is doing to this deeply courageous man, who has
always resisted tyranny and injustice and who has always spoken up for others,
as unacceptable and I am utterly astounded at the silence of the entire
political class in the face of this injustice.
Where are the voices of the
leading members of the opposition and opposition political parties? Where are
the voices of the Shiite Muslims whose cause he often championed?
Where are the voices of the human
rights and civil rights groups who he stood shoulder to shoulder with in his
quest to make Nigeria a better and safer place? Why have they not condemned
this injustice and outrage?
Not one notable politician or
political party or so-called leader has spoken up publicly for Deji and this
sickens me. When will they learn that what has happened to Deji may end up also
happening to them or theirs if not challenged and checked?
When will they learn to
comprehend and come to appreciate the adage that says “an act of injustice
against one is an act of injustice against all?”
When will they stop being
self-serving, self-centred, shortsighted, lily-livered cowards and learn that
we must all speak for one another and watch each others backs?
This is especially so regardless
of how we may feel about the victim of the governments tyranny at any point in
time? Whether you like him or not, it is Deji today but it could be any of you
tomorrow.
When will they accept the fact
that this battle is not merely about winning an election but about breaking the
yoke of tyranny and liberating our people from wholesale bondage, modern-day
servitide and good old-fashioned slavery?
When the history of this age is
written, amongst the heroes that will be listed will not be the regular
politicians and desperate office-seekers who regard themselves as todays
leaders but rather selfless, courageous and strong-willed men and women of
principle, honor and vision who were prepared to put everything on the line
including their lives and liberty for a better tomorrow like Deji Adeyanju.
It is not members of today’s
ruling elite and political class who are, generally-speaking, fearful, timid,
weak and frail and who, more often than not, are given to compromise with evil
in return for gain but rather the non-conformists and great and heroic figures
like Adeyanju that are the true architects of what will eventually and
inevitably be a new and free Nigeria where justice, the rule of law,
self-determination, free speech, freedom of association, true democracy and
liberty has its place.
Deji may be in detention today
and they may be planning to rearrest him when he is released and lock him up
again on terrorism charges but the truth is that it really does not matter
because tomorrow belongs to men like him.
And most important of all, no
matter what they do, they cannot break his indomitable spirit. I weep not for
Deji Adeyanju, I weep for Nigeria.
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Thank you my brother. where are the voices? Nigeria is getting more repressive under the leadership of PMB and they still want him to return in 2019. God forbid.
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