Protest: We’ll occupy East-West road – N/Delta youths vow

Niger Delta youths under the platform of Revamp Niger Delta Now Movement, RNDNM, have vowed to go ahead with the August 1-10 protest and occupy the East-West Road.

The youths said that the various calls by politicians and traditional rulers to shun the organised national #EndbadGovernance protest in Nigeria would not be heeded.

This is as the 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience (21st CYNDAC) urged the youths and entire people of the South-South, South-East, and South-West regions to shun the #EndBadGovernance protest, saying it has political undertone.

Similarly, the Ovie of Idjerhe Kingdom, King Obukowho Whiskey, Udurhie 1, has asked President Bola Tinubu to address concerns raised by the youths, just as he pleaded that the planned protest be shelved.

According to a statement in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, over the weekend by the Convener, Ebideke Atuwo and Contact Manager, Doubra Sien, the aggrieved youths said the protest would be observed peacefully in Bayelsa State by the group, adding that they have fully mobilised a crowd, which would demonstrate peacefully to vent their anger over the current hardship experienced in country.

The statement read: “The various calls by politicians and traditional rulers to shun the organised national #EndbadGovernance protest in Nigeria has greeted our ears with deafness.

“We wish to draw the attention of the public that the protest will be observed in Bayelsa State and fully mobilised by our group with a crowd, which would demonstrate peacefully to vent their anger over the current hardship experienced in our beloved country.

“We have already begun the process and preparations are in top gear to occupy the East West Road and make it our temporary homes from August 1 to 10, 2024, until our demands are met.

“This is not about one group or another. It is about angry and hungry Nigerians, who are tired of the failed government policies.

“Protest is our right as enshrined in section 40 of the Nigerian Constitution (as amended). Nobody can take it away from us.”