CEO of Leo Fx Academy, Victor Obinna Iloka, has said. that he was emotionally affected by the recent endsras protests over police brutality in Nigeria.
Speaking in a virtual interactive session with reporters, Victor Iloka decried the shootings of peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll gate, wondering if the country was practising democracy or dictatorship.
According to Iloka, who hails from Anambra State, “if I say I’m not disappointed with what is happening in the country, I am a hypocrite. I’m really disappointed with our leaders. It’s like it is not meant to be at all.
“We all have always known Nigeria to be a corrupt country. People go up there to loot money the way they want and go scot-free. Nobody tackles them.
“But looking at what happened with the endsars protests and what occurred at the Lekki toll gate shootings, it’s really disappointing. That was the height of it because it’s not meant to be
“Sometimes I keep on wondering whether Nigeria is a democratic country or being ruled by a dictator.
All these things are not supposed to be seen in a democratic country. I am disappointed in this country as a whole”, added Victor Iloka, the son of Mr and Mrs Iloka.
Queried on if he was affected by the protests, Victor Iloka said, “, I won’t say that I was affected physically but I was affected emotionally because as I kept seeing all that was happening, it kept affecting me emotionally.
“But coming to the physical aspect of life, it didn’t really affect me. But it affected me emotionally in the sense that I would be like what if somebody I knew was directly affected.
The whole thing kept hitting my mind and I was so dumbfounded”, added Iloka, who had his primary, secondary and university l education in Awka, Anambra State.
Asked for his plea to the government, Victor Iloka said, “I really don’t have a plea to the government because they know the solution to what is happening.
“They know the right thing to do but don’t want to go the right way. So what is the point advising you to do it the right way when you have already concluded that you don’t want to go the right way”.
Proffering the way forward, Iloka said, “I watched the way the youths organised themselves, the protests, the refreshments, the medical supplies and I was moved to admit that this country still has a future.
“And the future is going to come from the youths. It’s not coming from another person but the youths.
“If we want this country to go forward, my advice is for our leaders to allow the youths to take charge of this country. And if that is done, this country will make a right turn in the right direction”, added Victor Iloka.