Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde disclosed EndSARS death threats

Death threats aimed at her kids during EndSARS forced a well-known Nigerian actress to completely rethink her approach to speaking out.

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde on the EndSARS fallout

• Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has dealt with personal threats for years without flinching.
• EndSARS changed everything because her children became direct targets.
• Jalade-Ekeinde admitted that intensity was on a whole different level.

How the danger escalated at home

• Strangers showed up at her house and her job trying to find her.
• Omotola realized the risk had spilled way past just her safety.
• Her kids' well-being became the one thing she refused to gamble on.

A pivot from street-level action

• Jalade-Ekeinde ditched rallies and moved toward more calculated, behind-the-scenes advocacy.
• Keeping her children safe got harder as they got older and more independent.
• Omotola flat-out said she does not value her life over theirs.