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Organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests against economic hardship have said they will not stop their demonstrations if President Bola Tinubu does not meet their demands.
The Director of Mobilisation of Take It Back Movement, a non-governmental organisation, Damilare Adenola, stated this on Channels Television’s The August Protests programme on Friday.
The youth activist warned that the protest might exceed day 10, depending on the response of the government.
In an interesting twist, Adenola also said that Human Rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, does not speak for his group even though the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) had written security agencies to seek protection for them before the rallies.
He stated that they would remain on the street despite pleas from Adegboruwa that the demonstrations be called off because fifth columnists had infiltrated the rallies to wreak havoc.
Adenola said, “Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa is not our lawyer and he doesn’t speak for us. He might have presented himself as the solicitor but he is not hungry. He is a senior advocate of Nigeria who lives well. He is not hungry like the people taking over the streets.
“We are waiting for the government to respond to us and address our demands. And until then, the protests continue.”
Asked whether anyone was sponsoring the protests, he said the sponsors of these protests were hunger and economic deprivation.
Adenola said if the Federal Government is sincere and concerned with the plights of the people, the President would have addressed the demands of the protesters by now.
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