Popular comedian, Samuel Animashaun Perry aka Broda Shaggi says Nigerians have become jaded people as a result of trusting successive governments that “only kept betraying us”.
He stated this in a Facebook post ahead of the August 7 release of his theatrical performance titled, ‘Save The State’.
Broda Shaggi lamented that Nigerians are being daily subjecting to pain and suffering from the government and its law enforcement agencies.
This, he said, resulted from the state seeing its citizens that it should protect as “enemies”
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“There was a time when the ‘WAZOBIA’ ideal was popular; this Nigeria was our own and it didn’t matter what region you were from. Every line in our pledge meant so much. It was sincere and backed with faith.
“With each tenure of government we realized that the people we trusted our nation with kept betraying us until we became a jaded people.
“It’s now ‘dog eat dog out here’, the people (that are) supposed to uphold the rule of law treat us like we are the enemies.
“Everybody has experienced some form of pain, cruelty and neglect from the government and its law enforcement agencies,” he said.
Broda Shaggi added, “Earlier this year, I put together a theatrical performance where I wrung out my soul and those of my collaborators. It encapsulates our desires for a better Nigeria, one with hope and love. I hope we don’t give up fighting for our land, I hope we summon the bits of our living selves and become “Brutus to their Neros”.”