My kids got de.ath threats during #EndSARS -Omotola

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has disclosed that her children received death threats during the 2020 #EndSARS protests, a development she said forced her to rethink how she engages in activism

The actress, whose career spans more than three decades, made the revelation on Sunday while appearing as a guest on Rubbin’ Minds on Channels Television.

“I am used to death threats; I have received them many times,” she said. “But I have never seen anything like what happened during #EndSARS. It was intense.”

“My kids started getting death threats. That was when it became weird,” she added, noting that she was actively involved in the movement at multiple levels.

I was on the streets during #EndSARS. I was doing international advocacy. I spoke with CNN, engaged with international NGOs and embassies, and I was doing a lot of work.”

Omotola described the period as the most intense backlash she has faced in years of advocacy, revealing that the situation escalated when people began physically coming to her home and workplace.

“When people started coming physically to my home and place of work to look for me, I knew I had to worry about other people and not just myself,” she said.