Tag: DJ SWITCH
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I am a fugitive-DJ Switch laments
Popular disc jockey, Catherine Obianuju Udeh aka DJ Switch believed to be in an asylum outside the country, has pleaded with her friend and associate, Peter Okoye to send her a gift as he plans to do giveaways.
Recall that DJ Switch reportedly flew out of Nigeria following allegations of death threats following her role in the #EndSARS protest.
The disc jockey revealed that she is no more working due to her being in exile, which explains why she may be unable to afford certain things.
Switch wrote via her Twitter handle: “Just saw some pictures of @PeterPsquare warehouse!!! iPhones, MacBooks, apple watches… etc! I know you & giveaway na 5&6, so abeg before you start, Just send me, you know say I no get work again & I be fugitive this Giveaway go loud o!!!! Mr. Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeee”.
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[VIDEO] DJ Switch resurfaces, attacks Lagos government, celebrities
Nigerian entertainer, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch has called out the Lagos State Government over plans to auction 88 cars seized from traffic offenders in the state.
The Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Enforcement Unit) disclosed that it obtained a court order from the Lagos State Mobile Court to auction 88 forfeited vehicles.
The vehicles were impounded for driving against the traffic in different parts of the state.
According to Shola Jejeloye, the chairman of the agency, the owners of the vehicles were arraigned before the mobile court, which ordered the forfeiture.
Also, the public auction is expected to hold on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 according to Jejeloye, at the agency’s car park, Alausa, Ikeja.
Reacting to the new development on Tuesday in an Instagram video, DJ Switch, the lady who streamed live the shooting of protesters by soldiers at the Lekki Toll Gate on 20 October, slammed the state government for taking such an action when it could have fined the offenders or sent them to jail.
She also accused the Lagos state government of being criminals adding that what’s remaining of them was to carry guns around.
DJ Switch also called out her fellow celebrities for not speaking up against this decision by the state government to auction the cars of the traffic offenders.
”I just read on the news that the Lagos State Environmental Unit or whatever, through their inept and corrupt mobile court gave the order for people’s cars to be auctioned off, to be sold off.
“What happened to fines? Why can’t you fine these people? Give them something to pay or better still a minimum jail term. A weekend in jail or community service.
“All of a sudden you want to sell off the vehicles. You are a thief. Lagos state government is a thief.
“You are short of just carrying guns. It is guns that is remaining for you. You are a thief. ‘
”I am very certain that a lot of these people that their cars are there are crying out but nobody knows them. Where are our celebrities?
“The government didn’t even come up with creative ways to distract us and we are distracted. We have still not seen anyone dragged to jail over Lekki massacre.
“SARS is still running up and down the streets of this country, and nobody is doing anything about it. I can go on with a list of so many things going wrong.”
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DJ Switch lambasts Lai Mohammed, says minister misinformed
Obianuju Udeh, popular disc jockey known as DJ Switch has lambasted Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed with no kind words.
This is coming after the Minister described the popular DJ as a front for divisive and destructive forces.
Lai Mohammed made the statement while speaking on the roles DJ Switch played on the alleged Lekki tollgate “massacre’’ of October 21.
Lai Mohammed said: “even when she claimed to have authentic evidence of mass killings, surprisingly, instead of presenting whatever evidence she may have to the judicial panel of inquiry into the protest, she chose to escape from the country under the pretext that her life was in danger.
“I ask: in danger from whom? The military has come out to say they never sought after her. To the best of our knowledge, the police never declared her wanted. Her conduct thus becomes suspect. Who is she fronting for? What is her real motive?
“Who are her sponsors? If she has any evidence of killings, why is she not presenting it to the panel? If she was so desperate for asylum in any country, does she have to resort to blatant falsehood to tarnish the image of the country just to achieve her aim?”
DJ Switch, who was among the #EndSARS protesters, streamed live the shooting that happened at the Lekki Tollgate Plaza in Lagos State.
However, in replying the Minister, she tweeted, “how can a “minister of information” be so “misinformed”? The only believable thing about him, is his name…Lai”, adding “Unfortunately sir, the truth is a very stubborn thing!”
Hw can a "minister of information" be so "misinformed"?The only believable thing about him, is his name…Lai Unfortunately sir,the truth is a very stubborn thing!
Tnk u all 4 ur well wishes & prayers.Its nt bn easy 4 me bt d need 2 #SoroSoke is more important than their bullying— Dj Switch (@dj_switchaholic) November 24, 2020
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DJ Switch holding government of Nigeria by the balls – Charly Boy
Nigerian veteran singer and activist, Charly Boy has described DJ Switch as the lady holding the Nigerian government by the balls.
The activist made this known via his Twitter page on Thursday, November 19, 2020 while reacting to a statement credited to the minister of information, Lai Mohammed on the disc jockey’s role during the #EndSars protest.
“Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you, the gorgeous lady who has the dictatorship Nigerian government by the balls right now and she is squeezing extremely hard. Her name is DJ Switch and boy, is she switching on the heat on the repressive government of Buhari,” he tweeted.
The singer’s tweet is coming barely 24 hours after DJ Switch granted an interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson.
In her now-famous interview, she gave a full account of what transpired on the night of the Lekki toll gate shooting.
It would be recalled that the celebrity disc jockey live streamed the shooting of innocent Nigerians by security operatives.
Since her courageous move, she has come under attack from the corridors of power.
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DJ Switch, a front for divisive forces – FG
The Federal Government says Obianuju Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch is “a fraud and a front for divisive and destructive forces’’ that will be exposed in the fullness of time.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this in Abuja on Thursday while speaking on the roles the Nigerian disk jockey played on the alleged Lekki tollgate “massacre’’ of Oct. 21.
The minister who was addressing the media on the #EndSARS protest and its aftermath said DJ Switch was one of the purveyors of fake news and disinformation during and after the #EndSARS protest.
He said: “even when she claimed to have authentic evidence of mass killings, surprisingly, instead of presenting whatever evidence she may have to the judicial panel of inquiry into the protest, she chose to escape from the country under the pretext that her life was in danger.
“I ask: in danger from whom? The military has come out to say they never sought after her.
“To the best of our knowledge, the police never declared her wanted.
“Her conduct thus becomes suspect. Who is she fronting for?
“What is her real motive? Who are her sponsors? If she has any evidence of killings, why is she not presenting it to the panel?
“If she was so desperate for asylum in any country, does she have to resort to blatant falsehood to tarnish the image of the country just to achieve her aim’’?
The minister appealed to countries that have made hasty judgments on the basis of fake news and disinformation emanating from the #EndSARS crisis to endeavour to seek and get the truth.
DJ Switch, who was among the #EndSARS protesters, streamed live the purported shooting at the Lekki tollgate plaza in Lagos.
It was reported that the Canadian authority granted asylum to the disk jockey after she alleged threats to her life for her action.
All heads of information agencies under the supervision of the Ministry of Information and Culture, including the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, Mr Buki Ponle were at the media briefing.
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My career is gone-DJ Switch laments[VIDEO]
Embattled disc jockey, DJ Switch has averred that the Nigerian government is a dictatorship with a democratic face.
The entertained who streamed live the shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate during the #EndSars protest made this known on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, during an interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson.
Switch while giving an account of what happened on that dishonorable night said describing herself as being lucky would be unfair on the side of those who didn’t make it out of the protest grounds alive.
She went on to reveal how her career as a disc jockey has been cut short because of the hard evidence against the government.
“My career is gone, all my bookings are gone. But I am happy that I have used my platform to do this. I don’t want to run forever. I want to go back home, I don’t care if they pick me when I get home,” she said.
The audacious DJ also recounted how the government has openly bullied and attacked some of the protesters since the protest by seizing their passports or illegally detaining them.
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BREAKING: We’re not after DJ Switch, Army tells Lagos panel
The Nigerian Army has denied that it is looking for Celebrity Disk Jockey (DJ), Catherine Udeh, alias DJ Switch.
It told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters that it had neither threatened nor was after any #EndSARS protesters.
There have been unverified social media reports that Switch has been granted asylum in Canada following alleged death threats over her involvement in the #EndSARS protest.
She had live-streamed the Lekki shooting via Instagram and alleged that some protesters were shot and that some victims were taken away by the army, a charge the military denies.
But testifying before the panel, Brigadier-General Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo said the claim was false.
“DJ Switch claimed the Army was looking for her. Nothing could be further from the truth. We have bigger fish to fry. That is, how to stabilise Lagos.”
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Over 1000 sign petition asking ‘Canada to deny DJ Switch asylum’
More than 1000 individuals have signed a petition asking the Canadian parliament to deny DJ Switch asylum in the country.
There have been reports that Switch is seeking asylum in Canada amid a death threat allegation by the entertainer over her involvement during the #EndSARS protest.
The petition, initiated by Femi Fako, is titled “Refuse the Canadian Asylum application of Ms. Obianuju Udeh and her associates now!”
According to the petitioners, denying Switch and her associates asylum in Canada would guarantee they face the “terrorist charges” pressed against them in Nigeria.
The campaigners also accused the DJ and other #EndSARS promoters of “inciting public unrest and destruction of properties worth trillions of naira to fix.”
“A judicial panel of inquiry has since been instituted by the Lagos State government to inquire into these unfortunate times, but Ms. UDEH and her cohorts, who are the principal parties to these crimes, choose to jet out of Nigeria, and apply for asylum on very bogus terms,” it read.
“Reject the asylum applications now! They must come back to Nigeria to face terrorist charges. It’s a must!”.
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#EndSARS: Watch as DJ Switch testifies before Canadian parliament [VIDEO]
Obianuju Catherine Udeh, popularly known as DJ Switch recently shared testimony of her first hand experience of the Lekki Toll Gate shooting with the Parliament of Canada.
She spoke with the Sub-committee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Canadian parliament.
DJ Switch, who recently got asylum from the Canadian government, revealed how soldiers shot at peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State on October 20, 2020.
The entertainer recounted the incident that led to the deaths of about a dozen protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate.
She noted that the military opened fire on the protesters after creating a three-formation line.
Debunking claims by the Nigerian Army that soldiers fired blank bullets into the air, DJ Switch said the soldiers shot at them.
She told the Canadian parliament that she counted not less than seven persons shot, adding that one of the soldiers threatened to shoot her.
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