#EndBadGovernment: Reverse Fuel Subsidy – Borno Protesters Tell Tinubu Govt [Photos]

Borno State residents trooped out in large numbers on Thursday morning to stage a peaceful protest against the insecurity, and worsening economic situation in the country following the removal of fuel subsidy.

The protesters who commenced their march along Gomari Airport -Bulumkutu Ward of Maiduguri, the state capital, mostly youths, were seen carrying placards with inscriptions, among which they demand the reversal of the removal of fuel subsidy.

“Ba Maso’ in Hausa, meaning (We no agree), ‘Tinubu must reserve or bring back fuel subsidy’, ‘We are dying of hunger and insecurity,” some of the placards read.

Journalists who visited the scene of the protest observed that the protesters were peaceful in conduct even as some security agencies were waving at them.

Also, it was observed that some business activities were ongoing in some areas, with skeletal services at some filling stations.

See some photos from the Borno protest below:

Naija News reported earlier that no fewer than 19 residents were killed on Wednesday night after an Improvised Explosive Device(IED) suspected to be planted by Boko Haram insurgents went off at a local joint in Kawuri village, Konduga Local government area of Borno State.

The incident happened three days after insurgents attacked a police station at Jakana town in the same Konduga LGA, and carted away armoury.

A policeman and one woman were killed in that attack while two patrol vans were set ablaze.

Speaking with Daily Trust on the attack, a government official from Kawuri village said the bomb went off around 8:05 pm at a local tea joint where the villagers gathered for a night chat.

The source said 19 people were killed, with an unspecified number of people injured, and have been admitted to an undisclosed hospital in Maiduguri for treatment.

The source said, “Nobody can say exactly how it happened, but we suspected that the bomb was planted, not a suicide attack.

“We saw corpses of 19 people with an unspecified number of civilians injured. The injured were evacuated to an undisclosed hospital in Maiduguri for treatment.”

At the time of filing this report, the Borno State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Daso, has yet to issue any statement on the incident.