Omoyele Sowore, the human rights activist and convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, has announced that the planned fearless nationwide protest in October 2024 will not stop until the Nigerian government meets the demands of citizens.
Sowore mentioned this while speaking on a Twitter Space conducted by the News Central TV which SaharaReporters monitored on Thursday.
The next phase of the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests, starting October 1, seeks to tackle Nigeria’s bad governance issues.
He said the protest, scheduled for October, is an avenue for Nigerians to express their displeasure on various issues affecting the country, including corruption, insecurity, and economic hardship.
He said: “They (the government) has broken the law by seeking orders that are not legitimate. And what we said within our circle is that when the government decides to bend the law by using the law unjustifiably, the law has to be relaxed. The people have a duty not to allow these laws to restrict them.
“That was what happened on the first day to the third day of #EndBadGovernance. People were not restricted to those places chosen by the government officials who went and colluded with certain judges to issue these illegitimate orders.
“I want to say that the protests were quite successful. It was successful before, during and even after. We don’t want to spend much time discussing what has happened. We are planning a new one in October on October 1 and we haven’t decided when that one will stop. We will not stop until we win.”
Omoyele Sowore had earlier released a list of 17 key demands from Nigerians as part of the upcoming ‘October Revolt’ protest.
Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in 2019 and 2023 general elections, had noted that the demands were compiled from the feedback received from Nigerians participating in the #EndBadGovernance campaign.
The protesters issued non-negotiable demands to President Bola Tinubu’s administration, and the first is the immediate and unconditional release of all individuals detained for participating in the initial #EndBadGovernance protests from August 1-10.
Additionally, as part of the first one, the protesters demand the unfreezing of protesters’ assets and bank accounts, as well as fair compensation for the distress and hardships endured during the peaceful demonstrations.
