VIDEO: #FearlessInOctober: Protesters March In Lagos
#FearlessInOctober protest has begun in Lagos State.
Youths in their numbers marched down across major streets in Lagos.
This amount of police for a peaceful protest?#protest pic.twitter.com/lTs7xCaEjl
— Israel the Edo boy🥷 (@5th_the_god) October 1, 2024
The protest is coming following the current economic hardship faced in the country.
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Nigerians in the country had raised their voices to protest as a way of expressing their grievances against the high cost of living, hunger, high levels of unemployment, and limited access to quality education as major concerns amongst others.
The protesters converged around 8 am in their numbers chanting solidarity songs and holding placards calling for better governance.
The protest is taking place amid tight security presence including the police.
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