A human rights group called the “Take It Back Movement” staged a protest in Lagos State on Monday against the rising cost of food and living in the country.
The protest defied the warning of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, who issued it on Sunday.
The protesters displayed placards of different messages at Ojuelegba under the bridge area of the state to express their dissatisfaction with the current economic situation in the country.
The TIB National Coordinator, Juwon Sanyaolu, said the protest was a show of the people’s resistance against oppression and hardship.
“Yes, despite police attempts to frustrate the people, Lagosians stood their ground. The police are paid by taxpayers’ money, they are meant to secure us.
“We were able to match from Yaba Labour House to Maryland. The protest will continue tomorrow and updates will be given. We will join NLC in their nationwide mass action to put an end to this hardship created by the ruling elite,” Sanyaolu said.
Sanyaolu listed their demands, saying, “The Tinubu-led government must immediately reverse the fuel subsidy removal, the floating of naira and other policies of the International Monetary Fund imposed on Nigerians.”
Other civil society organisations such as the Joint Action Front and the Coalition for Revolution also joined the protest.
Police officers with vans and officers of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps were also seen trailing the protesters.
