A TV interview during the RevolutionNow Protest has resurfaced. It shows an interview where Femi Adesina described a youth protest as “Child’s play.”
It has trended tops, Wednesday as the the initiators appear to have dug it up to remind one another to stay focussed.
Femi Adesina described the action of the RevolutionNow protesters a few months ago as “Childs play and a sprinkle of boys here and there.”
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina gave the description in a televised interview with Channels TV.
A cross section of Nigerians are enraged by the description calling him out on social media saying he has kept the government in the dark with the reality of the country.
Some of the reactions:
Aproko Doctor@aproko_doctor· “Femi Adesina on Channels TV said that our protests is child’s play, that we we’re joking. Just small boys and girls sprinkled here and there. This government is being blinded from the reality on ground by people who just want to remain in their good books.”
Other Nigerians complain that it is unfortunates that he could say such a thing even after lives were lost to the protests, children orphaned and parents left grieving.
House of Liyah@xtristieoluakin “Meet the first man who called a peaceful protest where youth lost lives Where Nigerians were beaten by soldiers, attacked by thugs Where journalist were injured Where children became orphans cos of a stray bullet … (Childs play)” Femi Adesina
The youth however, encouraged each other to persist as they are all heroes in their walk to freedom: