Some residents of Lagos on Wednesday thronged the streets today to protest the hardship caused by the rising cost of living since President Bola Tinubu took over power in 2023.
The demonstrators under a coalition of Nigerian Civil Societies, including the Take-It-Back Movement (TIB), Joint Action Force (JAF), Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Community Women Initiative, and Socialist Workers and Youth League (SWL), blocked the Ikeja under-bridge area to express their grievances.
Not intimidated by the heavy presence of armed police officers led by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, the National Coordinator of ERC, Hassan Soweto, said they came out as hungry Nigerians who are fed up with the condition of hardship that the current administration has brought to the country.
The protesters also called for the immediate release of Sanyaolu Juwon, the national coordinator of the Take It Back (TIB) movement, who was arrested reportedly arrested last night.
Meanwhile, Lagos State Police Command boss Fayoade said police were unaware of Juwon’s arrest. He, however, said the command would meet after the protest to find out the activist’s whereabouts.
