Former presidential candidate of the African Motion Congress (AAC) within the 2023 common election, Omoyele Sowore, has challenged the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, over his declaration that Abuja shouldn’t be obtainable for protests on August 1.
Sowore took to social media on Friday to declare that the proposed nationwide protests will start in Abuja.
He stated, “It’s ranging from and in Abuja!”
LEADERSHIP recollects that Wike on Thursday introduced that August 1 has been reserved for the chairmen of the six Space Councils of the FCT to current certificates of recognition to conventional rulers, successfully banning protests on that day.
He acknowledged that the FCT wouldn’t be obtainable for the proposed nationwide protest.
The Minister’s declaration got here after the FCT Safety Council assembly in Abuja on Thursday, the place he later briefed journalists on the end result.
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The deliberate nationwide protests, tagged #EndBadGovernance, has gained traction and is scheduled to happen from August 1 to 10, 2024.
The organisers who’re nonetheless with out faces have expressed considerations over the prevailing starvation and rising inflation within the nation.
