Honoured to have illustrated this very important subject affecting Nigerians. Let’s never forg

Honoured to have illustrated this very important subject affecting Nigerians. Let’s never forget Black Lives Matter 100% also means African Lives Matter. 3 black & white editorial illustrations for Sahelien.com, The Sahel’s Premier News Website:On October 20th 2020, the Nigerian Military opened fire on peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos, Nigeria, killing, according to eye witnesses and live-streamed social media posts, at least 15 people. The massacre put a brutal halt to street protests that had galvanised the nation for two weeks following the brutal killing of a man in Ughelli, Delta state, on October 7th by officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).To honor the End SARS movement, @saheliencom solicited stories of encounters with Nigerian police, and commissioned me to illustrate 3 of them.Oyekanmi, Lanre and Ayomide’s stories are of many depicting the everyday horror Nigerians face at the hands of the police, and the courage citizens show in resisting their brutality.Oyekanmi, a student, recounts being accosted, assaulted and thrown in a cell after just going out to the store to get more kerosene for dinner. Lanre, a graphic designer, recounts being accused of being an internet fraudster and assaulted in his own living room, after an officer barged into he and his wife’s home with an AK47. Ayomide recounts being stopped during a car journey, with officers using their AK47 to break their car window, physically assaulting their driver, while accusing them of fraudulent actions, with no proof of said acts. Read all 3 in French or English on @saheliencom. Please share with the EndSARS hashtag to bring more visibility to this issue. Special thanks to @joepenney.By Ngadi Smart: Instagram -- source link

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