Protesters in their hundreds on Thursday, August 1, trooped out in Lagos to protest what they termed the economic hardship of the government.
They defied the order of a Lagos High Court which restricted them to Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, and Moshoos Abiola Peace Park, Ketu.
They also ignored a directive by the Omoyele Sowore-led “Take It Back Movement” postponing the protest to October 1, 2024.
Although a contingent of police had arrived at the parks before 7.00 am, the placard-carrying protesters who started marching in around 9.00 am refused to enter either of the parks which their leaders told the police were intended to cage them.
Instead, they match to and fro along the two roads bordering the parks.
They carried placards with various messages such as “Reverse Electricity Tariff; New strike needed for Mass Movement; reverse All Anti-people neo-liberal policies” among others.
