DJ Switch Quotes (2013-)

“The best thing we can do if people can't make it home, we will sit still, don't do anything, don't move, we will sit still and would sleep over till night. It was at the toll gate.”

“What started as a protest against police brutality, especially the unit called SARS, unfortunately just degenerated into something I still find it hard to reconcile within my heart.”

“Fela likens the Nigerian military to mindless zombies following idiotic orders. It was relevant then. It is relevant today. And it most likely will be relevant tomorrow in the future.”

“You and l are most likely to die before these our leaders. With all the money that they’ve stolen, these leaders have access to the best medical care, but what can you and l brag of?”

“I know that I want to make sure that I do everything I can to get justice for those people, and it’s beyond justice now. I’m looking at a full-on reform if it’s the last thing I do.”

“Our leaders are afraid; it is as simple as that. They are afraid of a thinking, innovative, and collaborative working Nigeria. They are afraid of every young Nigerian who, against all odds, has made it for themselves.”

“SARS stands for Special Anti-Robbery Squad. Trust me, it's truly a special bunch. A special breed of armed robbers in uniform. A special group and gang of rapists in the badge. A special crowd of murderers with a license to carry a gun.”

“For years young Nigerians like myself with interesting hairstyles, ripped jeans, iPhones, nice cars have been harassed, extorted, illegally detained, tortured, raped, and killed by the Nigerian police. Specifically, a unit of the Nigerian police called SARS.”

“We got information that the Governor wanted to see me and six other people. And I remember saying to them that we have no leader if the governor wanted to speak to us, he should kindly come to the tollgate and address Nigerians because we've been out for over 11 days.”

“The same future that they say is in the hands of the leaders of tomorrow. But what we have tomorrow are recycled leaders of today who have failed to provide an enabling environment for young leaders to thrive and contribute. But they chose instead to kill us all- one by one.”

“The same future that they say is in the hands of the leaders of tomorrow, but what we have tomorrow are recycled leaders of today who have failed to provide an enabling environment for young leaders to thrive and contribute. But they chose, instead to kill us all off one by one.”

“Nigeria is home to over 200 million brothers and sisters with different cultures and tribes and faiths and beliefs; things and differences that the government has used for the longest time to pit us against each other. But the ENDSARS movement swept that away even if it was just for time being.”

“I witnessed protesters collaborating and helping each other protesters, giving food and water to the same police who's been killing us off every day. Others provided security, another group provided funds that were donated to them I mean in the hundreds of thousands of dollars for legal and medical attention to protesters who needed it. This is the real Nigeria.”

“Another member that was standing behind me came up to me and said someone is taking out the cameras from the toll gate. And I said: do you recognize who, because we had, I think, the real heart of Nigerians there. We did not destroy anything. Except for Graffiti. We did not take anything, we did not take anything from the toll gate we cleaned up after ourselves. So we wanted to be sure it wasn't happening, it wasn't a protester that was doing that. And then we found out that it was one of their staff, you know, we have the LCC uniform. Those are the people that manage the toll gate. We took a picture just to keep and to sort of use as proof that we didn't destroy or take anything. And then we realized that the big billboard that is over the toll gate had been turned off. And so just before 7, it was like to 7, maybe a quarter to 7 not sure of the exact time but 7. We had gunshots coming from behind. At first, it was chaotic as we didn't know where the gunshots were coming from. We didn't know what the gunshots were about. And then the lights went off. I think the rest of that is just the most tragic thing.”