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    Stylistic Analysis of Selected Comments on 2020 Lekki #EndSARS Protest on X
    (Lead City University, Ibadan, 2024-12) Olufemi Isaiah IDOWU
    The 2020 Lekki EndSARS protest in Nigeria, particularly the events that unfolded at the Lekki Toll Gate, generated significant discourse on social media platforms, especially on X (formerly Twitter). This study conducts a stylistic analysis of selected comments from X, focusing on how users employed language to express their thoughts, emotions, and reactions on the protest. The study identified the stylistic features in the selected comments, categorize these comments based on their stylistic characteristics, discuss how these stylistic features contribute to meaning making within the context of the protest, and examine how the identified stylistic features relate to other texts within the broader discourse on social justice and civil rights movements. The data for this analysis are sourced from a curated selection of comments made on X during and after the 2020 Lekki EndSARS protest. The study leverages these comments as a lens through which the relationship between language, style, and meaning in digital communication can be explored. The study revealed that the posts are in five categories -agitation, ideology, interest, type and period of the post. It showed further that the stylistic elements in the selected posts were similar with those found in other texts especially other social media handles, thereby situating the comments within a larger textual and socio-political framework. The study concludes that linguistic choices reflect and shape the collective consciousness surrounding the protest. Keywords: Protest, Language, Commucation, 2020 Lekki EndSARS, Nigeria. Word Count 227