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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday averted what was an impending civil unrest when he alighted from his convoy to assuage protesters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.The Vice President who was headed to Ekiti state for the launch of the National Home Grown School Feeding scheme ran into the protesters who had barricaded the road, he alighted from his car and had a chat with the irate youths who began chanting his name soon as he was identified.
Responding to their plea, the Vice President assured them that he would meet with the village leaders to find lasting solution to the problem at hand. The protesters said if they had known that the Vice President was going to ply the road they would not have acted in the manner which they did.
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