On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, the organizers of the planned #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest scheduled for August 1, 2024, rejected the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun’s suggestion for confined protests in the country to forestall the protests from being hijack by the criminal elements.

Egbetokun had proposed restricted protests in specified places and advised against street rallies during a meeting with the organizers.

According to the IGP: “It is not advisable to go on street processions because as you are planning peaceful protests, some are planning violence.”

However, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, one of the lawyers for the Take It Back Movement, one of the groups organizing the nationwide protest, refused the IGP’s proposal.

Some angry Nigerians especially youths are planning to hit the streets from August 1st to 10th to protest over the current hardship and hunger in the country.

Despite pleas from the Federal and State Governments, the organizers have promised to go ahead as planned from August 1st to 10th to vent their anger against the Tinubu-led government.

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