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Hundreds of anti-protest youths have taken over Abuja to frustrate the planned nation-wide protest.
The anti-protesters were reportedly led by a man who claimed to be Blessing Joel.
The demonstrators carried placards with inscription, “No Protest.”
The man that claimed to be Blessing Joel spoke in a form of English with heavy Hausa accent.
He told journalists at the MKO Abiola Stadium that his group did not want protest because it was targeted at President Bola Tinubu’s Administration.
According to Vanguard, the young men were paid ₦5000 for the anti-protests.
When asked why they were opposed to the protest, one said, “o boy, make we collect the one we see first. We d hungry bad bad. As I de here now, if I tell you the kind hungry we de worry me, I no be small.”
A group of five who were chatting said that they were paid ₦5,000 each to join the anti-protest group.
They said that their interest was to collect the money offered by the man who came to organise them.
The ₦5,000, one of them claimed, would buy some meals and he wanted the protesters to make it a daily affair as that would mean collecting ₦5,000 each day to participate in the anti-protest demonstration.
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