‘We’re suffering from this government’ – ‘Tinubu Must Go’ Yobe protesters

Hundreds of youths yesterday staged a peaceful protestation successful Potiskum Local Government Area of Yobe State, tagged “Tinubu Must Go”, saying President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Independence Day broadcast did not code their grievances.

The protest, which coincided with Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary connected October 1, saw the demonstrators march done the Tsohowar Kasuwa country of Potiskum, carrying placards and flags of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

According to the protesters, the objection was aimed astatine drafting attraction to economical hardship, insecurity, unemployment and what they described arsenic mediocre enactment since 2023.

“We came retired contiguous to explicit our cardinal rights, state of speech. We are suffering from this government, radical are dying owed to insecurity, poorness and unemployment successful the land”, a protester said portion speaking with newsmen connected information of anonymity.

Another protester who claimed allegiance to the absorption said the youths were saddened by the authorities of the nation’s system and acquisition system.

Eyewitnesses said the protestation was conducted successful a peaceful and orderly manner, with astir of the participants being young men and women, immoderate carrying ADC flags. One of the protesters, Malam Gambo, told journalists that the youths took to the streets to prote...