ENDSARS Anniversary: A Nation's Rebirth by Lisa Bassey.
The quest for a Nation's rebirth can almost be likened to the pangs of a woman in labour. It is accompanied by tears, blood, intense pain, and sometimes death. In October 2020, the youths rose in their numbers to protest against police brutality and to demand that their rights as citizens of Nigeria be upheld and respected. Sadly, it was met with aggressive force by the military and the police, for which some of the unarmed youths paid dearly for with their lives. I recoiled in pain as I recalled the unfortunate incident which took place on the 20th of October, 2020. The hurt from the wound of this poignant event bleeds within me, forever etched in my memory. Last year during the first anniversary of ENDSARS, I stated in a deeply moving article titled In the Web of Political Mystery and Deception that it was difficult to differentiate truth from farce as a result of the cleverly manipulated mind games and deception from the political class that could sway even the most log