Protesters urge Nigerians to join demonstration as Abuja records low turn out (Video)
The protest against hardship and bad governance recorded low compliance from citizens as the streets leading to the Eagle Square remain empty and deserted.
Neptune Prime witnessed that the Central Business District in the Federal Capital Territory is empty with few people staging the demonstration scheduled to last for ten days.
When our correspondent arrived at the venue of the protest, the few people available were seen making live videos through social media, urging those at home to come outside and join the demonstration and tell government that citizens are hungry and there is extreme hardship in the land.
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Meanwhile in Niger State, security operatives fired gunshots to disperse protesters trying to block main road at the popular Top Medical junction in Tunga area of Minna.
In Kano State, police had to use force to disperse some youths who tried to break into the Sadaraki Stores along Zoo road in the state capital.
On Wednesday, the state Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf said he had intelligence that evil-minded persons were plotting to hijack the protest.
Yusuf, while addressing business leaders, traditional rulers, and religious leaders at Government House, Kano, emphasised that, “protests will not take us anywhere. I urge those who wish to exercise their right to protest to refrain from engaging in any behaviour that could be exploited by agents of destruction.
Proofreading by Gift Luckson, Editor at Neptune Prime.
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