SaharaReporters learnt that the protesters refused to leave the ground, when the High Commissioner also came to persuade them; the protesters had now laid a 14-day siege to the embassy, asking Buhari to return to Nigeria and attend to the health and security issues.
“Buhari again calls UK Police on #BuhariMustGo protesters laying siege on the Nigerian Embassy in London. But the protesters are adamant. The ambassador came and invited them to come inside they refused.
“The UK police have been polite and friendly. The protest was led by Gbola Owoborode of #RevolutionNow in London,” a source revealed. In a video obtained by SaharaReporters, some peaceful protesters who were demanding Buhari's return to Nigeria had on Thursday evening been challenged by the British police. After attending the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education 2021-2025, the Nigerian President stayed behind to see his doctors, even as resident doctors in his country have gone on strike.
Also, more officers were seen arriving in police vans while a Nigerian woman was heard screaming without fear, the demands of the protesters which included the President returning to Nigeria and putting an end to the killings in the West African country.
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