Some youths wielding placards with totally different inscriptions stormed the favored Effurun Roundabout in Uvwie Native Authorities Space of Delta State on Saturday to mark the grand finale of the 10-day #EndBadGovernance protest within the state.
Inscriptions on the placards embrace messages comparable to “Launch detained starvation protesters now, they don’t seem to be criminals”; “FG, Delta Govts, Save Nigerians from insecurity, banditry”; and “Starvation insecurity should be addressed in any respect prices” amongst others.
The protesters had been additionally singing solidarity songs to press dwelling their calls for from the federal government.
Stern-looking safety operatives comprising policemen, officers of the Nigerian Safety and Civil Defence Corps and navy personnel had been strategically positioned to watch the protesters to make sure that their mission was not hijacked by hoodlums.
Talking with journalists, one of many leaders of the protesting teams, Sunny Omare, mentioned they got here out on Saturday, “To underscore the calls for from the authorities to make sure good governance within the nation.
“We determined to make a press release that our 10-day protest was not a joke.
“We’re very critical about our calls for from authorities and we’re not dealing with it with levity.
“It’s now incumbent on the federal government to look critically into our calls for that are anchored on find out how to make Nigeria nice once more.”
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