Awash social media Tuesday morning is the massive support for a nationwide protest billed for June 12, the celebration day of Nigeria’s democracy.
With rage over the spate of killings, seemingly bringing the country as a whole to a halt, Nigerians have expressed their support to march out on June 12 after a former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore made the call in the early hours of the day.
Sowore, who has been a strong critic of the Muhammadu Buhari-led government earlier on Monday took to the streets of Abuja along with his supporters to protest against insecurity.
It was at the venue of the demonstration that he was reportedly injured by a tear gas canister fired by a police operative in Abuja, a claim denied by the police.
Again, the relentless SaharaReporters founder, despite the warnings of Festus Keyamo against any attempt to change Buhari’s government, beckoned Nigerians to come out en masse for another protest on Democracy Day.
Among other things, Nigerians are lamenting insecurity, poverty, oppression by the political class, violation of human rights, the continued detention of EndSARS protesters
Here are a few reactions;
We will not bow to dictatorship, and our struggle for liberation is unshaken.#June12Protest. pic.twitter.com/OY8OtEYBrs
— Abiodun Lijofi (@AbiodunLijofi) June 1, 2021
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