Angry Nigerians protesting against bad governance and insecurity have on Monday morning staged a peaceful protest, blocking road leading to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
The protesters, mostly youths, took their campaign to Dantata Bridge, along the road which serves as a major entrance and exit points to the capital city as early as 5:00am chanting #BuhariMustGo.
Some protesters lit bonfires on Umaru Yar’Adua Way, Abuja, on Monday morning, preventing smooth flow of traffic.
Motorists slowed down to avoid running into bonfire which was set up right in the middle of the road.
The protesters are demanding an end to insecurity, bad governance, corruption, impunity and reversal of suspension on Twitter, among others.
The last time a similar protest held in the nation’s capital was on June 12 and many of the protesters were arrested.
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In the latest protest, the protesters could be heard chanting: “Se democracy be this, se democracy be this, people dey die like flies, se democracy be this (Is this a democracy? People are dying like flies, is this a democracy)?”
Those mostly affected by the blocked road are workers who live in Lugbe, Kuje, and other areas along the Airport road making their way to the city centre to resume work after the weekend.
Watch a video from the protest scene below;
YeleSowore #BuhariMustGo protest on the highway to the airport in Abuja this morning! No Rest for the wicked! #RevolutionNow pic.twitter.com/9l5jZOxyA2
— YouthRising (@YouthRisingNG) June 21, 2021
