Organisers of the planned hardship nationwide protest slated have rejected the proposal by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun for confined protests.
During a meeting with the organisers on Tuesday, the IGP suggested confined protests in identified locations and advised against street rallies.
“It is not advisable to go on street processions because as you are planning peaceful protests, some are planning violence,” Egbetokun cautioned.
However, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, one of the lawyers for the Take It Back Movement, one of the groups organising the nationwide protests, rejected the proposal of the IGP.
The protest slated to commence by August 1st is connected to the economic hardship and widespread hunger rocking the country, DAILY GIST reports.
There have been calls from stakeholders in the country to shelve the planned hunger protest citing a possible violence that may ensued from the demonstrations
However, the youths have insisted on going with the the protest which is tagged #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria.
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