A young lady named Ushie Rita, who is part of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Lagos, has spoken out after receiving threatening messages. This happened following a video she posted online that went viral. In the video, she criticized the government led by President Bola Tinubu for the increasing inflation and economic difficulties in Nigeria.
In the video, Rita shared her frustration about the worsening economy. She talked about how hard it is for people to make a living despite their efforts. She openly called President Tinubu a “bad leader” and asked what the government is doing to help citizens who are struggling. She also criticized Lagos State, calling it a “smelly state” and complaining about the poor living conditions and unpleasant odors.
After her video became popular, Rita said she started getting threatening messages. She believes these messages came from NYSC officials, who pressured her to delete the video. Feeling upset about the situation, she expressed her disappointment that people were trying to silence her. She insisted that she was only telling the truth about the challenges Nigerians are facing.
Rita shared some of the threatening messages on her Instagram page, @iamraye__, to show what she was going through. She stood by her words, saying she was honest about the reality of life in Nigeria.
She wrote:
“Deleting this content is of no use: because they already know me, however deleting it means whatever they do to me nobody would know, if they decide to give me a hefty punishment nobody would know because I used my own hands to cover it by deleting what I started.
She’s asking people to Identify me? I’m not a criminal. Reading the NYSC rules, i didn’t commit any crime. Ask the Nysc lady to stop asking people to point me out, ATP she’s acting scary.
All I did was lament, all I did was complain. I’m getting tons of messages like this from my fellow corpers. What is wrong with just 1 person complaining! Why are they looking for me like I’m a criminal. I’m not dumb.
I made sure to not accuse the government of anything maliciously! I questioned them. I asked questions. As an NYSC Corper I didn’t sign off my freedom of speech.
leave me alone bruh. they keep calling me and I’ve switched of my phones now they are texting me my personal details on WhatsApp to inform me they know me well.
Dear NYSC if you say a Corper has faulted you wouldn’t treat them like this and scare them! You are scaring me for my dear life. Please leave me alone. You told me to report to the office on Monday. Okay! What else? Why are you looking for me? I just exercised my right to using the “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” this is the right of every citizen. Except they tell me being an NYSC Corper removes me from being a Citizen.”
Her allegations have sparked discussions on social media, with many Nigerians debating the intent to silent free speech, especially for corps members under the NYSC scheme.
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