Niger states youths declines FG’s order and marched to the streets of Niger state to protest over economic crisis and hardship across the country.
However, the state and federal government earlier advised Nigerians to exercise patience citing that hoodlum and boko haram might hijack the protest, some of Niger youths converged to the streets to demonstrate their civil rights.
The protesters were heard chanting ‘Enough is Enough’, they were seen with place cards such as “Stop Anti-Masses Policies”, ‘We Are Not Slaves In Our Country’, ‘Hardship Is Unbearable’, ‘Fuel Subsidy Must Be Back’, among others.
Although some of the organisers of the protest had announced August 1 as kick off date, others said it would commence in July.
The government or security agencies are yet to react to the protest which held in Niger.
Some protesters are reportedly on the Abuja-Kaduna expressway and declined to speak with journalists who approached them.
