#EndSARS: My Phone Lines Have Been Bombarded With Curses, Says Adesina

Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina says he has been insulted
and abused by Nigerians since the #ENDSARS protests began in the
country.

“Those who wanted to, believed the television station,” Adesina
said in a post on his website late Friday, referencing an old and
manipulated video that made him seem to have labelled #EndSARS
protests as “child’s play.”

“A large number chose not to and bombarded my phone lines with
curses, expletives, and messages from the pit of hell. Well, if
anybody chooses to belong to that nether region, it’s a matter of
choice.”

– ‘Flurry Of Hateful Calls’ –
The presidential aide explained that he kept mum, even though,
after his number was posted online by a “hateful mind”, he was
bombarded with calls until his phone batteries went dead.

“Talking of bombardment of my phone lines, it had begun on
Sunday. A hateful mind had published my two numbers on Twitter,
urging people to troll me,” he added.

“They called till the phone batteries went dead. Mum was the
word from me. “He was reviled, but responded not,” that is what the
Good Book said of my master, the one I try to pattern my life
after.

“So, I said not a word to any of the callers. The flurry of
hateful calls was petering out on Wednesday when the doctored video
was launched. All hell broke loose again.”

– ‘Enemy of the People’ –
Adesina equally claimed that many Nigerians demonize anyone in
government and try by all means to bring them down, labelling such
people as “evil hearts.”

“The heart of man is evil and desperately wicked. If you are in
any form of elevated position, they would love to see you fall,”
Adesina noted. “Man is in a fallen state, and the more they see you
bite the dust, the happier they are.”

According to him, bagging an appointment to serve in a public
position in Nigeria instantly makes people tag an individual as an
“enemy of the people,” not minding the sacrifices the person made
to take up that position.

“They never care what you were, and where you were coming from,”
the spokesman lamented.

“Whether you came down several notches in your income in order
to serve your country does not matter to them. Did you lobby for
the job or not, it does not matter. The moment you get appointed
into a government position, you are poised to become an enemy of
the people.”

Protesters Not Backing Down

The #EndSARS protest – an agitation calling for the scrapping of
the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and reformation of the police
– has not abated despite the dissolution of the force unit.

Nigeria’s police authorities had announced a new unit – the
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) squad – to replace the disbanded
SARS.

But the protesters are not backing down with their agitations –
which is now in its 10th day – insisting on the implementation of
their demands.

Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina says he has been insulted
and abused by Nigerians since the #ENDSARS protests began in the
country.

“Those who wanted to, believed the television station,” Adesina
said in a post on his website late Friday, referencing an old and
manipulated video that made him seem to have labelled #EndSARS
protests as “child’s play.”

“A large number chose not to and bombarded my phone lines with
curses, expletives, and messages from the pit of hell. Well, if
anybody chooses to belong to that nether region, it’s a matter of
choice.”

– ‘Flurry Of Hateful Calls’ –
The presidential aide explained that he kept mum, even though,
after his number was posted online by a “hateful mind”, he was
bombarded with calls until his phone batteries went dead.

“Talking of bombardment of my phone lines, it had begun on
Sunday. A hateful mind had published my two numbers on Twitter,
urging people to troll me,” he added.

“They called till the phone batteries went dead. Mum was the
word from me. “He was reviled, but responded not,” that is what the
Good Book said of my master, the one I try to pattern my life
after.

“So, I said not a word to any of the callers. The flurry of
hateful calls was petering out on Wednesday when the doctored video
was launched. All hell broke loose again.”

– ‘Enemy of the People’ –
Adesina equally claimed that many Nigerians demonize anyone in
government and try by all means to bring them down, labelling such
people as “evil hearts.”

“The heart of man is evil and desperately wicked. If you are in
any form of elevated position, they would love to see you fall,”
Adesina noted. “Man is in a fallen state, and the more they see you
bite the dust, the happier they are.”

According to him, bagging an appointment to serve in a public
position in Nigeria instantly makes people tag an individual as an
“enemy of the people,” not minding the sacrifices the person made
to take up that position.

“They never care what you were, and where you were coming from,”
the spokesman lamented.

“Whether you came down several notches in your income in order
to serve your country does not matter to them. Did you lobby for
the job or not, it does not matter. The moment you get appointed
into a government position, you are poised to become an enemy of
the people.”

Protesters Not Backing Down

The #EndSARS protest – an agitation calling for the scrapping of
the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and reformation of the police
– has not abated despite the dissolution of the force unit.

Nigeria’s police authorities had announced a new unit – the
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) squad – to replace the disbanded
SARS.

But the protesters are not backing down with their agitations –
which is now in its 10th day – insisting on the implementation of
their demands.