Protesters, yesterday morning, assembled at the Ikeja underbridge in Lagos State as the country commemorates its 2024 Independence Day.
However, a sizable number of security guards, including police officers, representatives from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, and the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps, kept a close eye on the protest.
Commissioner of Police Olarenwaju Ishola toom charge of the police unit stationed at the protest.
The protesters were seen chanting solidarity songs, displaying placards with inscriptions such as Reverse electricity tariff now; End all attacks on democratic rights; Reduce petrol price to N197 per litre end scarcity and Profit soars while people suffer.
Some of the protest organisers include the Take It Back Movement, the Education Rights Campaign, the Coalition for Revolution and the Socialist Workers League.
Tagged the #FearlessOctober1, the organisers said the demonstration was a continuation of the #Endbadgovernance protest from August 1 to 10.
They went on to say that the latest protest was due to the Federal Governments inability to meet their demands, which include, among other things, the development of human capital, government waste, insecurity and the rising expense of food.
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