Former presidential candidate, and journalist, Omoyele Sowore has refused to back down, insisting that the October 1st protest will be held all over the country, despite warnings and dissuasions from the Federal Government.
He made an update about the protest on a recent X (Twitter), where he declared that no matter what the Federal Government or Nigerian Police Force does, the protest will be held.
“NO GOING BACK! #FearlessInOctober”, he wrote
Although the protest will be held all across the country, Sowore announced that the main venue will be Eagle Square Abuja.
The protest organizers for Lagos stated that they would start their march at the Ikeja Under Bridge at 7:30 am.
On speaking with the Daily Trust, Sowore cited the ever-increasing economic hardships as the main reason for the protest, along with issues like fuel price hikes, flooding among others.
He explained that despite the last two nationwide protests, things had only gotten worse instead of better.
He said;
“The protests will hold across all parts of Nigeria because the scale of the devastation, hunger, insecurity, and hardship that this government has unleashed on Nigerians is national. I will emphasise again that these will be peaceful protests, as they’ve always been.
“The last protests were peaceful, yet the government met the protesters with batons and bullets.“
“We will not be deterred, though. Our only weapon is truth, and no amount of force or violence will prevent us from speaking truth to power,”
“Between the last protest just two months ago and now, petrol prices have risen by almost N300 per litre. The naira has further devalued, and prices have increased in the market. Bandits have taken over and killed off entire communities. Floods are devastating our cities.”
“Under these circumstances, can anyone be surprised that the Nigerian people want to voice their displeasure with this government’s failure to address the issues affecting them?”
“We are prepared to come out to protest. We are determined to do so peacefully. I can assure you that thousands of voices will be raised in protest on October 1.”
“The pangs of hunger and groans of pain of the Nigerian people will not be drowned out by the government,” he said during an interview session shared on his handle.”
NO GOING BACK! #FearlessInOctober https://t.co/J3iqhTl8Sv
— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) September 30, 2024
