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#EndSARS activist, Rinu, speaks about her life and aspirations
Bank accounts blocked, phone bugged, multiple lawsuits, being tagged by the Minister of Information and the Central Bank of Nigeria as terrorists. That’s just some of what Rinu, an activist during the EndSARS protests, has had to face recently.
How did she feel leading the protests?
“When I went for the protest I was scared. People thought I was brave, it’s a lie, I was scared. I looked up and saw that people were looking up to me for guidance. I was surprised.”
Daniel Adeyemi
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At 11:55 am, a few minutes to our scheduled time, there was no sign that Olorunrinu Oduola would show up on Zoom for our interview. It was the third time we were scheduled to meet.
“Are we still good as per timing?” I sent this to her on Twitter – the only channel I was able to reach her through. No response still.
Two minutes before noon, she joined the meeting.
“It’s been a lot lately,” Rinu tells me over the call. She’s sitting in the kitchen at an unknown location. She recently had to move there for safety reasons after someone gave up her house address online.