Calling Artists Hoodlums is a total Brainwave.
No one is capable of killing the Art in the Artists.
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Awoko
10 years ago
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I witnessed this Artless,lawless and heartless action of Kabiru Yaradua and I petition his removal from the office. We need a leader not a despot,a custodian of arts and not its destroyer. And his dog too,the DPO of Oyingbo that turns guns to pebbles pelting innocent people with bullets. Holy Cross! these people and the real #SHANTIES to be clear-off among us and the arts. They should go and rule their homes first with guns and terrorism
Thanks in anticipation for their removal offices.
Logically yours,
À w ò k o
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Unu
10 years ago
Arts should not be killed
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Osajie Abraham Osewe
10 years ago
There will be nothing more fulfilling than to see the madman call Mr.Kabir Yar'dua kicked out of his office and also jailed.Wit his accomplice the DPO of Oyingbo(Denti).#Kabirmustgo #DpoOfOyingboMustGo
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Henry Olaseha
10 years ago
Freedom in Nigeria
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Tajudeen Adeleke Ajiyobiojo
10 years ago
Arts speak the language of the living and our ancestors and whosoever is unaware of this should be removed without any delay.
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Qudus Onikeku
· petition starter
10 years ago
The Artistes Village, which is annexed to the Nigerian National Theatre, witnessed a demolition in the early hours of Saturday, 23rd January 2016.
This news came at a time when we were rejoicing with Jelili Atiku, on his release from Kirikiri prison, a world renowned performance artist who was arrested on the order of the king of Ejigbo, who thought monarchy still meant a thing in the modern world, stuck in his own delusion, thought it was his ancestral right to alter or allow a performance in Ejigbo. Nonsense!
The news of the Artistes’ Village came through eyewitnesses, who reported that Mr Kabiru Yusuf, the Director General of the National Theatre Lagos, in company of a battalion of fully armed policemen, came to the Artistes’ Village with bulldozers at exactly 5am and started demolishing workshops and legal structures that housed veteran actors, painters, sculptors, drummers, dancers, musicians etc.
The DG ordered that anyone obstructing this move should be shot. An artiste, Owie Smart, was shot in the leg by policemen during the demolition and was rushed to the hospital.
In fear of the reaction of the angry youths at the village, the DG brought out a pistol, shot in the air, before escaping from the scene. The ugly incidence have rendered a lot of the artistes mentally homeless and destroyed their priceless intellectual properties.
Here, I take a deep breath, and the thought of Ayo Shogunro‘s recently published book comes to mind “Everything in Nigeria will kill you”, and I complete the phrase, “Even a Director General of the National Theater will kill you.”
read on... http://ynaija.com/qudus-onikeku-nigerias-bulldozing-culture-and-the-destruction-of-artistes-village/
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Adeola Goloba
10 years ago
Featured
What happened at the Artists Village is an act of terror and crime against humanity. The Artists Village must be restored back to its original state and the affected artists must be appropriately compensated. Above all, justice must be served in favour of the artists and the perpetrators of such shameful acts should be brought to book.
Calling Artists Hoodlums is a total Brainwave. No one is capable of killing the Art in the Artists.
I witnessed this Artless,lawless and heartless action of Kabiru Yaradua and I petition his removal from the office. We need a leader not a despot,a custodian of arts and not its destroyer. And his dog too,the DPO of Oyingbo that turns guns to pebbles pelting innocent people with bullets. Holy Cross! these people and the real #SHANTIES to be clear-off among us and the arts. They should go and rule their homes first with guns and terrorism Thanks in anticipation for their removal offices. Logically yours, À w ò k o
Arts should not be killed
There will be nothing more fulfilling than to see the madman call Mr.Kabir Yar'dua kicked out of his office and also jailed.Wit his accomplice the DPO of Oyingbo(Denti).#Kabirmustgo #DpoOfOyingboMustGo
Freedom in Nigeria
Arts speak the language of the living and our ancestors and whosoever is unaware of this should be removed without any delay.
The Artistes Village, which is annexed to the Nigerian National Theatre, witnessed a demolition in the early hours of Saturday, 23rd January 2016. This news came at a time when we were rejoicing with Jelili Atiku, on his release from Kirikiri prison, a world renowned performance artist who was arrested on the order of the king of Ejigbo, who thought monarchy still meant a thing in the modern world, stuck in his own delusion, thought it was his ancestral right to alter or allow a performance in Ejigbo. Nonsense! The news of the Artistes’ Village came through eyewitnesses, who reported that Mr Kabiru Yusuf, the Director General of the National Theatre Lagos, in company of a battalion of fully armed policemen, came to the Artistes’ Village with bulldozers at exactly 5am and started demolishing workshops and legal structures that housed veteran actors, painters, sculptors, drummers, dancers, musicians etc. The DG ordered that anyone obstructing this move should be shot. An artiste, Owie Smart, was shot in the leg by policemen during the demolition and was rushed to the hospital. In fear of the reaction of the angry youths at the village, the DG brought out a pistol, shot in the air, before escaping from the scene. The ugly incidence have rendered a lot of the artistes mentally homeless and destroyed their priceless intellectual properties. Here, I take a deep breath, and the thought of Ayo Shogunro‘s recently published book comes to mind “Everything in Nigeria will kill you”, and I complete the phrase, “Even a Director General of the National Theater will kill you.” read on... http://ynaija.com/qudus-onikeku-nigerias-bulldozing-culture-and-the-destruction-of-artistes-village/
What happened at the Artists Village is an act of terror and crime against humanity. The Artists Village must be restored back to its original state and the affected artists must be appropriately compensated. Above all, justice must be served in favour of the artists and the perpetrators of such shameful acts should be brought to book.
#kabirumustgo.