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Live Updates: Nationwide Protest Continues, Enters Day Five
The nationwide protest against bad governance and hunger continued today across the country.
Naija News reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had on Sunday morning addressed Nigerians, urging them to suspend their strike, while reeling out the achievements of his administration.
This, however, did not stop protesters from storming the streets in Plateau, Lagos, and other states across the country.
Stick with Naija News for updates on day five of the nationwide demonstrations…
Protesters in Lagos State calling for an end to bad governance, have been chased off the streets by thugs in Alausa, the seat of government in the State.
Naija News understands that the office of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is in Aluasa, where protesters, who refused to head for the Freedom Park in Ojota, the court approved protest venue in Lagos, have been since the nationwide protest began, on Thursday.
According to Daily Trust, however, around 12 midday, hoodlums descended on them with sticks, machetes and different weapons.
They fled in different directions as their assailants closed in.
The Kaduna State Security Council, on Monday, imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna and Zaria Metropolitan Cities.
Naija News reports that the decision was reached following the result of the protest in the cities.
Although normalcy had been restored in some parts of Kaduna, thousands of youths are out on the streets, demanding an end to what they described as bad governance.
A leader of the Bauchi North zone’s #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests, Isah Zaki, has voiced strong dissatisfaction with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent nationwide address.
Zaki stated that the decision to potentially relax the protests in Bauchi North is due to disruptions caused by hoodlums, which have harmed local businesses.
#EndBadGovernance protesters have started converging at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota in Lagos.
On Monday morning in Katsina, some protesters waived Russian flags, chatting in Hausa, “Hunger is killing us.”
According to DailyTrust, Policemen have started trailing them, firing teargas to disperse them.
Security operatives, on Monday, dispersed protesters in the Karu area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Naija News gathered that the protesters marching against bad governance in the country were just assembling when security agents went after them and arrested three.
One of the protesters who spoke with Punch, Yahaya Abdullahi, said the security agents fired teargas at them.
Protests resumes in Ojota Lagos State.
