Obianuju Catherine Udeh, professionally known as DJ Switch, is a Nigerian DJ, songwriter and musician who emerged as the winner of the first edition of The Glo X Factor in 2013 at the age of 29.
Sub-committee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Canadian parliament,
Following the End Sars Lekki protest, the life of DJ Switch is currently under attack due to the role she played during the Lekki Massacre.
Protesters were shot at by men on military alleged to be Nigerian soldiers at the Lekki toll gate. DJ Switch was an eyewitness who captured the scenes with her mobile.
In an interview with the Sub-committee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Canadian parliament, Switch tells the full story.
“On October 20, 2020, we had spirited Nigerians there united with one goal against police brutality against bad governance. “What started out as a protest against police brutality with the unit called SARS unfortunately degenerated into something I still find hard to reconcile within my heart.
“We got information that the government wants to see me and six other people and I remember saying to them that we have no leader and if the government wanted to speak with us, he should kindly come to the toll gate and address Nigerians because we have been out for eleven days.”
“As we didn’t know where the gunshots were coming from and what they are about and then the lights went off.
“I remembered the military came in first, they stopped shooting at some point and I walked up to one of them and I asked why he was shooting at us and he said he had express order from above, and I was coming too close to him and if I come too close, it would be considered an attack on him and he would have to shoot. “It didn’t take another ten minutes, the shooting started again. I remember seeing seven people that have been shot down and we were telling people on my live Instagram to help us call an ambulance.
In an interview with the Sub-committee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Canadian parliament, Switch tells the full story.
By Bright Azuh
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