#EndBadGovernance: Organisers Suspend Protest In Lagos

Organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protest in Lagos state, have suspended the demonstrations.

One of the organizers of the protest in the state, Comrade Hassan Taiwo Soweto, stated this on Tuesday while speaking with Daily Trust.

He said protesters would not succumb to threats from any security operatives.

Soweto was reacting to a statement by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, who said the protest had been outlawed in any part of the state.

Fayoade, in an interview late Monday, said the ongoing #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest had been called off in view of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s speech on Sunday.

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He said, “The organizers have decided to call off the protest. They said they are looking at the President meeting their demands. So in view of this, there will be no more gathering at the Gani Fawahimi Freedom Park at Ojota or anywhere in the state. Any of such gathering is now unlawful and illegal and if such gathering exists, we are going to apply the full weight of the law.

“Now that the protest has been called off, we are going to withdraw our men from Ojota, but we will leave skeletal unit on the ground so that they will not allow anyone to gather here from this moment.”

But reacting to the CP’s statement, Soweto said that protesters would not succumb to threats from any security operatives.

He said the group decided to take Tuesday as an off day to allow it to restrategise.

According to him, the decision to take the day off was reached on Monday at the protest ground, noting that the break did not mean the protest had been called off.

He added, “The constitution allows for peaceful protest. We decided to take the day off to enable us access progress and to also restrategize. We won’t bow to any idle threat. We will make announcement as to what next before the close of work today.”