Youths in Sokoto State trooped out of their massive numbers on Thursday to affix their counterparts from throughout the nation within the nationwide protest in opposition to starvation and dangerous governance.
The protesters converged on the common ‘Alu flyover’ and this introduced industrial actions to a halt earlier than dispersing into adjourning routes, with placards of various inscription.
Whereas some marched in direction of the favored roundabout (Spherical Meruwa), one other set of protesters additionally headed to the Sultan Palace to specific their grievances.
Protesters have been singing solidarity songs whereas marching peacefully alongside main streets of Sokoto metropolis with policemen on standby at junctions to forestall any disturbance.
Banks and main enterprise outfits alongside Ahmadu Bello Means, Kano Street and Sahara axis are nevertheless below locks.
The protests later terminated on the Authorities Home, Sokoto, with no authorities official at hand to take care of the protesters.
One of many protesters, Abdullahi Aliyu, who spoke with our correspondent on the entrance gate of the Authorities Home, lamented the excessive value of foodstuffs within the state.
He known as on authorities particularly on the federal degree, to assessment a few of its insurance policies to be able to let the poor within the society breathe.
“Now we have to affix the protests so as to add our voice to what’s occurring within the nation, we can’t proceed like this on this nation.
“Our leaders should discover a solution to stability the state of affairs. You can’t be claiming to be working for us whereas the folks you’re working for are ravenous to dying, sufficient is sufficient,” Aliyu stated.
A motorist who spoke with our correspondent, Mallam Saidu Abubakar, counseled the Nigerian Police and different safety companies for controlling the state of affairs with none case of violence within the state.
