Human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has issued a fiery warning to the Nigeria Police Force and Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, over the repeated abuse of citizens’ rights — making it clear that a revolution is not just coming, it’s inevitable.
Speaking in his trademark mix of Pidgin and piercing clarity, Sowore declared that no amount of police brutality or intimidation will stop the people’s uprising.
“If dem touch one of us, make the response strike like thunder — immediately,” Sowore warned, calling on Nigerians to prepare for a wave of resistance.
“REVOLUTION NO DEY KNOCK GATE — E GO BURST ENTER”
In a no-holds-barred message directed at the police, Sowore acknowledged the struggles many officers face — low pay, poor conditions, and frustration. But he made it crystal clear: they must choose between the people and the oppressors.
“We know say some police sef dey suffer, dem dey broke, dem dey frustrated. But make dem pick side, stand with people or face di people’s anger. Any police wey choose to protect oppressors go collect serious resistance,” he stated.
He described the coming revolution not as a distant possibility, but a current reality already brewing in the streets, in silence, in defiance:
“Revolution no go knock your gate. E go burst enter. E dey start with that bribe wey you no go give again. E dey start with that voice wey go shout for street, for market, for bus stop, for social media.”
“NIGERIA NO BELONG TO CRIMINALS”
Sowore’s words were a rallying cry for the downtrodden masses — those who toil under the sun, survive on empty pockets, and still fight for a better tomorrow.
“Nigeria no belong to criminals. Nigeria belong to all of us wey sweat under sun and still dey survive with empty pocket.”
“Make we rise up, make we match, make we scatter dis bondage with fire of unity. Na time to Reclaim Nigeria be dis.”
THE FIRE IS LIT
Sowore’s statement lands as tensions continue to rise across the country, from economic hardship to crackdowns on dissent. His message? Revolution is not a whisper — it’s a war drum. And it’s already pounding.
