Organizers of the just concluded EndBadGovernance protests that recently crippled economic activities nationwide are currently planning to stage more demonstrations across the nation in October. A former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore confirmed the plan to DAILY POST on Saturday.
recalls that Nigerian youths had staged nationwide protests from August 1 to 10 over the prevailing economic situation in the country. The supposed 10 days peaceful demonstration was, however, hijacked by non-state actors, leading to the unfortunate death of some protesters. According to reports, 17 persons were reportedly killed in Abuja, Kano, Niger, Borno, Kaduna and Jigawa, while several others were seriously injured after the Nigerian security forces clamped down on the protesters.
on Saturday, an activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju said they were currently working towards securing the release of some of the protesters. Asked to disclose the fate of the detained protesters, the popular activist simply said, 'we are currently on their matter'. However, Sowore confirmed to that some of the protesters have been released, while efforts were ongoing to secure the freedom of others. He said, 'We are working to get all detained persons released and have, in fact, succeeded in getting some released. 'To this, we owe some gratitude to several human rights attorneys who have dedicated their time and resources to ensure these latest victims of rights abuses are released from unjust detention.
reports that the EndBadGovernance protesters, who were majorly asking the FG to reverse some policies that led to the high cost of living, including the controversial fuel subsidy, made at least 15 demands. Among other things, the protesters asked the government to 'Toss the Senate arm, keep the House of Representatives and make lawmaking a part-time endeavour. 'Pay Nigerian workers a minimum wage of nothing less than N250,000 monthly.
that unlike the August protest, the planned October demonstration tagged #FearlessInOctober would be prolonged. On the rumoured ongoing dialogue with the FG, Sowore said, 'I am not part of any negotiations. We are all working on our next set of prolonged protests tagged #fearlessinOctober'.
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