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Despite Tinubu’s plea, #EndBadGovernance protests continue as thugs descend on Lagos protesters
Despite a plea by President Bola Tinubu for protesters in the ongoing EndBadGovernanceInNigeria to shelve their protests and give room for dialogue, the protests have continued in some parts of the country.
In Lagos, violence erupted as suspected thugs attacked the protesters in a bid to disperse them from the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, venue of their gathering.
Trouble started after Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Okafor, who had addressed the protesters left the venue, followed by other security personnel.
Okafor had pleaded with the protesters to go home and await government‘s intervention on their demands.
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This caused some division among the protesters as some agrees they should leave the venue, but others insisted on continuing the protest.
A lawyer simply identified as JP led the group who urged protesters to leave the venue and go home, based on President Tinubu’s national address earlier in the day. But Adegboyega Adeniji of Peace Action Transformation led another faction that refused to leave the protest venue.
While the arguments were ongoing, a group of individuals, suspected to be thugs, emerged from across the street and began chasing them away.
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