Nigerians on Saturday hit the roads in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for a one-million man march marking the 10th day of the nationwide protest against hunger, hardship and bad governance under President Bola Tinubu.
Protesting Nigerians on Saturday morning carried banners and placards in photographs seen by newsmen in Abuja in the 10th day of the nationwide protests.
Some of the placards read, “End Bad Governance in Nigeria,” “Nigerians are tired of bad leaders.”
Angry Nigerians have embarked on a 10-day nationwide peaceful hunger and hardship protest tagged #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria to express the pains they have been subjected to by the economic policies of President Tinubu.
The peaceful protest turned violent in the Nigeria’s capital since it started as police and other security agents clamped down on the protesters and journalists and other media professionals covering the protest.
This online medium had reported how hundreds of protesters who gathered at the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abuja on the third day of the #Endbadgovernance protest were arrested by the Nigerian police.
The protesters and journalists had assembled calmly before the police violently disrupted them with teargas canisters on Saturday morning.
Human rights activist and convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, had also confirmed the violent attack on the protesters by the Nigerian police, including the killing of a teenage boy at the Kubwa area of the federal capital city.
The protesters had however, defied all odds marching to the Eagles Square on day 1 of the protests, after some protesters who had gone to the Eagle Square were attacked by Police who fired tear gas.
The #Endbadgovernance protests seek an end to inflation, food inflation and rising cost of living and has continued up till day 3 of the protest.
Although the government has said the protest is sponsored, it has been unable to substantiate its claims.
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