#EndSARS: Alicia Keys urges Nigerians not to give up

American singer Alicia Keys has urged Nigerians not to give up and cease making effort in their quest to knock out injustice and other systems designed to oppress them.

The award-winning artiste sent the strong motivational message to Nigerians after widespread reports of brutality and extrajudicial killings before and during protests against bad governance and poor policing system in Nigeria.

However, after the protests was hijacked by thugs and what was described as “lack of empathy with the speech delivered by President Muhammadu Buhari”, some Nigerians took to social media to express their desires to seek greener pastures in other countries.

But Alicia Keys recently used her platform to tell them not lose focus and stay hopeful of a better Nigeria that they desired.

Here is her message to Nigeria reads: “We are the people
We are the power
WE are who we need 
We are showing up
Police brutality is a global pandemic 
And we WONT accept it or normalize it

IT MUST END
The mentality that allows it to exist must be deconstructed 
We will reimagine 
And recreate the world around us
We are the people
We are the power
WE are who we need 

My love goes out to #Nigeria #America and everywhere in the world that is fighting to change the systems designed to oppress! #endsars #endpolicebrutality
#blacklivesmatter 
Don’t give up 
Stay hopeful
We are needed
Your light is needed
Your love is needed 
Your ideas and strategies and songs and paintings and presence is needed

We are who we need….

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We are the people?? We are the power?? WE are who we need ?? We are showing up?? ?? Police brutality is a global pandemic ?? And we WONT accept it or normalize it?? ?? IT MUST END?? ?? The mentality that allows it to exist must be deconstructed ?? ?? We will reimagine ?? And recreate the world around us?? ?? We are the people?? We are the power?? WE are who we need ?? ?? My love goes out to #Nigeria #America and everywhere in the world that is fighting to change the systems designed to oppress! #endsars #endpolicebrutality?? #blacklivesmatter ?? ?? Don’t give up ?? Stay hopeful?? We are needed?? Your light is needed?? Your love is needed ?? Your ideas and strategies and songs and paintings and presence is needed?? ?? We are who we need….? ? Tag the artist below if you know them!

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