Organisers of the upcoming nationwide #EndBadGovt protest have warned security agencies that there will be consequences if any of the protesters is attacked.
According to the protesters, they will demand the resignation of President Bola Tinubu and his entire cabinet, if any of them is attacked in any part of the country.
The Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army, State Security Service and other security agencies have been threatening protesters against going ahead with the exercise.
The security operatives hinged their warning on the deaths and destruction that marred the October 2020 #EndSARS protest, Kenyan uprising, expressing worry that the #EndBadGovt protest may turn out the same.
However, in a flier circulating on social media, advertising the upcoming protest contained a 10-point agenda, the intending protesters, in turn, warned security agencies that, “During this protest, if one protester is killed, maimed or arrested, we will not back down until Tinubu and his entire cabinet step down.”
Despite the threat and claims by government officials that the protest was sponsored by foreign mercenaries, organisers resolved to go ahead with the protest on August 1, 2024.
According to the organisers, the protest is against hunger and hardship in the country caused by the harsh economic policies of President Bola Tinubu since his assumption of office on May 29, 2023.