In fulfilment of their vow to come out for a one-million-man march as part of the end bad governance protest, the protesters turned up in their numbers this Saturday morning, August 10, 2024, at two venues, Apo district and Lokogoma district, both in Abuja.
The protesters who strategically skipped the MKO Abiola National Stadium after the City Gate and the Eagle Square, following heavy Police and Military Presence at both venues, streamed to Apo and Lokogoma as early as 7 am.
The protesters who displayed several placards were chanting “End hunger” and “Reverse fuel subsidy removal,” among others.
Similar protests were reported to be on-going in Ibadan (Oyo State), Akure (Ondo State), and Abeokuta (Ogun State).
Photos shared by Omoyele Sowore, the former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 general elections, on his X account (@YeleSowore), showed protesters returning to the streets across the three cities and Abuja.
It would be recalled that the protest which kick-started on August 1, turned ugly as hoodlums hijacked the process and embarked on massive looting, destruction of critical infrastructure and attack on motorists among others.
In many Northern states including Kano, Zamfara, Kaduna, Bauchi and Kaduna, many of the violent demonstrators resorted to carrying and flying foreign nations flags and calling for a regime change, a call that has been roundly condemned by Nigerians, the armed forces of Nigeria and other security agencies, as well as the organizers of the end governance protest themselves. (Pieced together from reports by Saturday Vanguard)
