The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) for the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore has declared his support for a mass protest against President Muhammadu Buhari’s government over lingering fuel scarcity, unpaid allowances to senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force and other socioeconomic hardships caused by the failed policies of the government. Sowore who made this declaration on Wednesday in a Twitter post decried the suffering inflicted on Nigerians by the Buhari-led administration in close to eight years.
Meanwhile, SaharaReporters had reported how some residents of Auchi town, a part of Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, stormed the major streets of the town to protest against the lingering scarcity and hike in the price of petrol nationwide.
In videos seen by SaharaReporters, the residents called on the government to intervene in the fuel scarcity crisis and alleviate the suffering of the Nigerian masses.
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