Nigerians protesting against economic hardship have begun to march to Alausa the site of the Lagos state governor’s office.
The #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters according to a report by FIJ are marching from Ikeja Underbridge to Alausa despite court orders restricting them to Ketu and Ojota parks, causing gridlock on the roads.
One of the protesters insisted on going to Alausa rather than the police’s Ojota suggestion.
“The police want to force us to Ojota, Ojota is for Tinubu’s boys. We want to march from here to Governor’s Office,” he told FIJ.
There were barriers on the way to the governor’s office. FIJ saw that the road leading to the governor’s office was blocked by barricades in preparation for protesters.
As seen on EiE’s website, the protesters are to converge on specific locations in Lagos, Oyo, Bauchi, Rivers, Abuja, Plateau, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Edo states between 9 am and 6 pm to express their demands to the Federal Government.
The Government Secretariat in Alausa is the listed location for the protests in Lagos, but more protesters have appeared in other parts of the state.
Nigerians are protesting between August 1 and August 10 against economic hardship and bad governance, the nationwide protests coming after months of higher electricity tariffs, costly petrol and food inflation.
