Hardship: some Nigerian youth plan mass protests but the govt moves to suppress it.

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Some Nigerians are planning nationwide protests from 1 August to demand economic and political reforms, but the government is using all its resources to suppress them.

The aggrieved Nigerians have been mobilising and organising on social media and many have temporarily adopted the #EndBadGovernance slogan.

However, the government has been using several schemes, including meetings with traditional and religious leaders, as well as threats by security agencies to prevent the protests from happening or prevent them from turning violent if they hold.

As part of police preparation for the protests, Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has summoned commanders of the mobile police formations across Nigeria to a meeting on Saturday, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.

One of the commanders told this newspaper that the sole agenda item of the Abuja meeting was to prepare for the protests.

The mobile police are often deployed to quell riots, an indication that the police fear that the protests could degenerate into violence.
Mr Egbetokun had earlier said the police would protect the protesters if they remained peaceful.

“If the protest is peaceful, you will see us protecting the protesters as long as they remain peaceful,” he said on Tuesday. “But we have a duty to protect lives and property, so we will not sit back and watch hoodlums burning down facilities in the name of protest.”

On Friday, Mr Egbetokun said protest organisers should provide state police commissioners with their personal details, venues of protests, and other information

The planned involvement of mobile police officers also raises concerns that the government could use force to disperse protesters, as seen during the #EndSARS protests of 2020 in which some demonstrators were attacked and killed, thus turning the protests violent.

Although the government claims its efforts aim to prevent violence, its actions suggest a plan to suppress the protest.

The organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests are demanding decisive action on the ailing economy and other pressing issues.


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